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One of those lovely little movies that you come across and get into and when it all ends you are sad.

How could you ever NOT love Wallace and Grommit - so good.

I watched the series and then I watched [🖇️ the first movie](https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/ferry.html) and then I watched this second movie .. and I dunno - I keep watching them - but they don't get better. But somehow I am drawn in. No explanation.

Watched it a while back - so logging it here. Not bad - but maybe watch the series first to garner some context.

I am unsure if they are connected - so parking this here while we think.

There is also something going on with the Argentinian playbook - which I am planning to publish in a newsletter.

I am no expert …

Popped into a local store last night - total purchase around 10 bucks and I only had a $100 note. It seemed to be a rare event … and making the change work was … challenging. But we got there - with lots of notes and change coming back. Stuffed it into my pocket and walked off.

This morning I was just sorting out all the papers and notes ready for a fresh day and on checking I seemed to be short of a few dollars. Checked three times - I was definitely $30 bucks short.

I was PISSED. I KNEW what had happened, but too late to go back and complain about the short change. Made a note to myself - lesson learned.

Later this morning I bought a cup of coffee and decided to use some of those notes to make the wallet thinner.

I counted them JOHN out - and as I returned the notes to the wallet spotted a fifty. Wait. A FIFTY?

I sat down and recounted.

I hadn’t been short changed at all - in my pre-coffee early morning hallucinatory mind I had counted the 50 as a 20.

GAH. I am so sorry. I never complained, so you don’t really know. But I think an apology is still necessary. Mea Culpa.

Posting this - and book marking - to remind my future self that people are generally good and I need to always check myself just one more time before ‘going off’.

I don’t think the Beatles were the greatest band that ever lived. There I said it. I know there will be people that disagree with me.

That said, even with two views of ‘truth’ it is still possible to …

I published 🔗 this post back in July last year … after months of delay and noodling and questioning, I finally released it - and as with so many of my posts that I often wonder why I bother .. …

Specifically, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom and The United States

🔗 Kevin Drum linking to the cheapest and most expensive places to live.

🔗 Worlddata

In New Zealand there is a lot of …

I have on occasions referenced ‘The Business Equation’ within this ‘Personal Journal’. I shared it last week in a pack of mental models I use as part of my processes that businesses find helpful when …