Lyndsay ...

historymystery said:

Can't agree with you about Peter Simon, I thought he was bl%%dy awful, no knowledge whatsoever, just reciting meaningless platitudes, all combined with 'ham' acting and using the presenter he was taking over from as his stooge. The channel must have been inundated with complaints, because apart from a recent presenter who lasted all of 5 minutes he was the quickest presenter to depart that I can remember - accompanied by the 'story' that he was only there on a temporary basis, anyway. Yeah. Right. Of course.

I'd say there was nothing much to choose from between Lyndsey and Peter Simon in presenting capabilities (or lack of), but at least she doesn't try to humiliate the outgoing presenter when she takes over.

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Not only was Peter Simon bad, not only did he humiliate the presenter before him, not only was he out of his depth, not only did he keep saying not only over and over again............

This clip always made me chuckle. So accurate:

TheManWithNoName said:

This clip always made me chuckle. So accurate:

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Not only £2.99 for four hand towels but also £7.99 postage and also at least £1.50 to order on the telephone

TheManWithNoName said:

Not only was Peter Simon bad, not only did he humiliate the presenter before him, not only was he out of his depth, not only did he keep saying not only over and over again............

This clip always made me chuckle. So accurate:

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I used to loathe James Russell, but he excelled himself here, hilarious.

I was enjoying James Russell's presentation until Pete appeared flogging the green towels - 'The racing green, the warmth of a room, what do we pay for a facecloth, what for a bottle of Dettol'. It's like a word salad coming out of his mouth, and makes about as much sense as a conversation with Kim Jong Un.

historymystery said:

I used to loathe James Russell, but he excelled himself here, hilarious.

I was enjoying James Russell's presentation until Pete appeared flogging the green towels - 'The racing green, the warmth of a room, what do we pay for a facecloth, what for a bottle of Dettol'. It's like a word salad coming out of his mouth, and makes about as much sense as a conversation with Kim Jong Un.

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It baffles me how this guy has made a long career out of talking nothing but absolute gibberish - and it baffles me even more that other employers have taken him on, fairly quickly, after his previous channels have gone bust.

I couldn't refrain from laughing at this: While selling mercury mystic topaz, Lindsay kept calling it a "miracle". Good grief, the level of nonsense is staggering. And have you tried counting the amount of times she says "as quickly as you can/ as quickly as possible"?

Deasmum said:

kept calling it a "miracle".

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Really? Would never have thunk it would ya?

She was selling a murky looking yellow tanzanite bracelet yesterday for £29.99 and she must have said that it was a ‘legacy’ piece of jewellery about 5 or 6 times.
Believe me, it wasn’t.

MrMarple said:

She was selling a murky looking yellow tanzanite bracelet yesterday for £29.99 and she must have said that it was a ‘legacy’ piece of jewellery about 5 or 6 times.
Believe me, it wasn’t.

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Yellow Zoisite from Tanzania As it 'should' be called. And golden tanzanite or not, it certainly, rare or otherwise, cannot be 'legacy' for only £30. Legacy implies 3 or 4 figure sums with a decent setting / metal / amount of same.

Ant7t said:

Yellow Zoisite from Tanzania As it 'should' be called.

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Exactly. It really annoys me when they call it 'Tanzanite' to imply rarity or value.

They say that Tanzanite is rare because it's a one-location gemstone, and they then imply that 'Yellow Tanzanite' is even rarer because less is found than the blue variety.

What they fail to tell us is that it's actually Yellow Zoisite - and Yellow Zoisite can be found in multiple locations - including Kenya, Pakistan and Madagascar. It is not a one-location gemstone.

Regardless of location, any colour other than blue should be called 'Zoisite' - even if its from Tanzania. The GIA are very clear in that only the blue variety is 'Tanzanite'.

I still believe that, one day, Tanzanite (proper 'Tanzanite' - the blue material) will be found in one of the other Zoisite mines around the world too.

15 years ago, the gem industry said that Alexandrite was exclusive to Russia - and once it was gone, it was gone. It's since been found in India, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Madagascar.........

The industry also told us that Ametrine was a one-location gemstone (Bolivia). It's since been found in Brazil too.

I wouldn't be too surprised to see Blue Tanzanite from Madagascar or Brazil in the future.

Ant7t said:

Yellow Zoisite from Tanzania As it 'should' be called. And golden tanzanite or not, it certainly, rare or otherwise, cannot be 'legacy' for only £30. Legacy implies 3 or 4 figure sums with a decent setting / metal / amount of same.

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I thought the experts told us that fissure-filled Rubies in gold-tone were legacy pieces?

Deasmum said:

I couldn't refrain from laughing at this: While selling mercury mystic topaz, Lindsay kept calling it a "miracle". Good grief, the level of nonsense is staggering. And have you tried counting the amount of times she says "as quickly as you can/ as quickly as possible"?

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The only miracle is Lindsey Carr somehow managing to get the prime time slot on Gemporia.

TheManWithNoName said:

The only miracle is Lindsey Carr somehow managing to get the prime time slot on Gemporia.

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I am sure she is a lovely person, but she is a terrible presenter. It says a great deal about Gemporia's current state of disarray that she was chosen as the new prime time presenter!

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I am sure she is a lovely person, but she is a terrible presenter. It says a great deal about Gemporia's current state of disarray that she was chosen as the new prime time presenter!

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Agree, if there was a drinking game during her shows that required a shot whenever she said amazing, incredible, unbelievable, wow, gorgeous, so beautiful, then we’d all be dead.

Jojo1 said:

Agree, if there was a drinking game during her shows that required a shot whenever she said amazing, incredible, unbelievable, wow, gorgeous, so beautiful, then we’d all be dead.

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When I started watching Gemporia, you could learn something from the presenters. Now you have presenters like Lindsey repeating the same empty meaningless words and sentences over and over again.

Jojo1 said:

Agree, if there was a drinking game during her shows that required a shot whenever she said amazing, incredible, unbelievable, wow, gorgeous, so beautiful, then we’d all be dead.

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Dead - within the first 5 minutes

Deasmum said:

I couldn't refrain from laughing at this: While selling mercury mystic topaz, Lindsay kept calling it a "miracle". Good grief, the level of nonsense is staggering. And have you tried counting the amount of times she says "as quickly as you can/ as quickly as possible"?

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Yesterday afternoon she was almost hysterical with joy at seeing Toby (all I can say is some people are easily pleased). She kept clapping her hands together, bouncing around and grinning like a Cheshire cat. She only sees him every day of the week, so understandable, I suppose......

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Really? Would never have thunk it would ya?

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historymystery said:

Yesterday afternoon she was almost hysterical with joy at seeing Toby (all I can say is some people are easily pleased). She kept clapping her hands together, bouncing around and grinning like a Cheshire cat. She only sees him every day of the week, so understandable, I suppose......

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A friend always calls people like Dimsy a grinning Jackanape. I think it referred to a monkey automaton that claps with cymbals in his hands.

TheManWithNoName said:

The industry also told us that Ametrine was a one-location gemstone (Bolivia). It's since been found in Brazil too.

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I remember that. I have a stretchy made of the Brazilian version. 'They' said, and I paraphrase, it still classes as ametrine coz it was found right on the border with Bolivia. Think they called it Mato something.

Am I imagining it, or have they shied away from calling their 'Van Cleef' items alhambra for clover? Recently all I've heard is their calling them clover....

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Am I imagining it, or have they shied away from calling their 'Van Cleef' items alhambra for clover? Recently all I've heard is their calling them clover....

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Probably just picked an easier word for Lindsey Carr to read and pronounce.

Lindsey Carr would probably get 'Alhambra' confused with the 1987 hit by Ritchie Valens called "La Bamba".

That would be a disaster for all if she suddenly burst into a rendition of "Alhambra" with her maracas out...........