Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 11/4/2025

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

Something interesting that happened to you
Something humourous that happened to you
Something frustrating that happened to you
A quick question
A request for recommendations
Pictures of your pet
A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

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Opened my newest bag of coffee to find it was all pre-ground. Plunger sized. I checked and I definitely ordered beans, so I'll complain.
However, I have it now. Can I run it through the grinder to get it finer or do I need to drink this as plunger?

So we ended up getting a new car a couple weeks ago, but it had some bad oxidization spots and scratches on the headlights. I spent countless hours over the last week on sanding them back and trying to restore them with headlight restoration kits, but I just couldn't get them back to looking clear again. I bit the bullet and took it to a detailer to get them restored yesterday and now they basically look like new. It only cost $170.
I probably spent that much on kits and tools, not to mention time. I should have just done that from the beginning sigh...
Well, that's my story for the week.
- I remember after many times changing headlights myself and paying about $35 per bulb at super cheap, one time I was in a hurry and found a mechanic who did it on the spot. It cost about $40 including labour (partly because their bulb cost about $15+GST). Made me wonder if it was worth my time driving to the shop and buying a bulb and installing it.
  I used to have to change bulbs pretty often (one car or the other each year or so) but now I think about it I haven't had to do it for a long time, or at all for our current cars. Must have been something weird in the electronics on the previous cars (which were a lot older).
  
  Thinking about it, I haven't had to change a headlight bulb in years either. The only time I can remember doing it was at least 10+ years ago.
  The one time I stopped at a mechanic to get it done on the way home, they basically did it for $15 and it took literally 5 minutes in the parking lot.