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Then came the pandemic, creating the highly unlikely conditions that allowed workplace researchers to examine the difference between white-collar workers in the office, and white-collar workers out of the office.

At some point, it looked like the deal was pretty much done - but then came the Covid-19 pandemic and suddenly it fell through.

These will be familiar to many from the pandemic, when millions sent off swabs in the post to confirm whether they had Covid.

During the pandemic, families, tiny day-camper explorers and the public en masse hit the trails in their masks and basketball sneakers; it suddenly felt like Disneyland.

But it was their follow-up, held outdoors during the pandemic, with a $40 registration fee, that drew 140 vintage Japanese cars and several hundred attendees.