How to do Stuff: Getting winter ready

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The Hard Shoulder with Ciara Kelly and Shane Colman.

Ciara Kelly (1:04)

On Newstalk with Kiya.

Shane Colman (1:08)

Now we are joined by Simon Tierney as always, and Simon, it's your how to do slot. And this, I was saying to you, you were chatting just off air. It kind of reminds me of one of those kind of 1970s public service ads.

Simon Tierney (1:20)

Yes.

Shane Colman (1:20)

How to get your home winter ready. Yes, this is how to embrace the winter. There's a lot of people out there who don't like the oncoming onslaught of winter, but I'm not one of those. I don't know how you guys feel.

Simon Tierney (1:32)

No, I don't like it.

Ciara Kelly (1:33)

I particularly like when Shane uses his Pathé voice on the radio.

Shane Colman (1:38)

From the Four Corners of the Globe. Yes, indeed.

Ciara Kelly (1:41)

I do enjoy that. Yeah, I like the winter too. I like the food. I like the stews, the soups, the hearty meals. I like the fire. Shane Colman's going to give me a filthy for saying that. He's going to give you a filthy in a minute too, Simon.

Shane Colman (1:52)

Oh, really? God. I wasn't prepped for that. I look forward to that. I haven't this morning, my daughter, who likes to pick out my clothes often. Really? Yeah.

She I guess because I do it for her, she thinks, well, it has to work both ways.

Ciara Kelly (2:08)

That's what's the typical arrangement.

Shane Colman (2:09)

Yeah, it's fair. Democratic system.

Ciara Kelly (2:12)

The hierarchy in my house, let me tell you.

Shane Colman (2:14)

Yeah, I'm sure. But she said this morning, Dad, why don't you wear your winter coat? I said, not ready. I'm just not ready because I've got a big, like weapons grade, Antarctic level winter coat.

Ciara Kelly (2:27)

Like a big duvet.

Shane Colman (2:28)

I like wearing a duvet. Now, yesterday, you might have got away. Yesterday was chilly. Today, maybe not quite as much. I don't feel like we're quite there yet. Maybe not. So I treat my winter like I've got a spring jacket, an autumn jacket. They've got to double up as well. Shoulder seasons. Yeah. I've got, you know, my gilet and then I've got my winter duvet as well. So like duvets and duvets and jackets, I think are kind of in the same category. Are you an expert on duvet tog? Yeah. So I'm big into togs. And I don't know if you guys have been to hotels around Ireland lately.

Ciara Kelly (3:00)

Yes.

Shane Colman (3:01)

But, and I actually checked this before I came in. Most hotels in Ireland now have a tog 10.5 in their duvets.

Ciara Kelly (3:10)

That's OK. That's not too heavy.

Shane Colman (3:13)

That's heavy. Well, like for hotel rooms, that's heavy. Because I, I'm sorry, I'm fascinated that you have observed this.

Ciara Kelly (3:21)

I would say 13, like I'll go to 15 in the winter. No. Yeah.

And a quilt on the end of my bed.

Shane Colman (3:28)

Do you commute from the from Nuuk every day to do The Hard Shoulder? That's an extraordinary journey that you have to do there, Ciara. I mean, are you joking me?

Ciara Kelly (3:39)

No.

Shane Colman (3:40)

That is crazy. That's so, like, you're going to be shocked now.

Ciara Kelly (3:43)

My DER rating on my house is about E.

Shane Colman (3:45)

Do you know what I mean? Well, that's fair enough. But you know what my tag is? Year round, Ciara, 2.5.