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Pretzel

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“But, as I said, why do I need to be? I find her bland and beige adequately describes that.

I'll happily run through the Farrow & Ball catalogue if you want though, she's a little bit clunch ”

Clunch! lol

There's a Farrow and Balls(<---typo-and it stays

) shop in Henley that we mooch around sometimes when we have break from our meetings and I never realised how amusing their paint names could be. I'm going to be reading the shelves from now on

Cadiva

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Pretzel:
“Clunch! lol

There's a Farrow and Balls(<---typo-and it stays) shop in Henley that we mooch around sometimes when we have break from our meetings and I never realised how amusing their paint names could be. I'm going to be reading the shelves from now on”

My walls are Skimming Stone don't you know

I love Farrow & Ball, their paint naming is hilarious, specially when you read the descriptions. I picked Clunch because I thought it quite accurately described Louise

Quote:
“DEPENDABLY SOFT

Clunch is aptly named after the chalk stone used in building blocks because it has a very dependable feel to it. Although some people see it as a soft grey, it actually has a yellow base making it the easiest of colours to live with.
Often contrasted with Pointing on woodwork for a fresher look or with Old White to create a traditional looking room that feels like it has always been that way.”

socialdancer

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ellie_:
“Meh - I think everyone can have their opinion about dancing. I do latin and ballroom as a hobby pretty much every hour of the day I possibly can fit it into and it gives me enough insight to know generally if a celeb is doing well technique wise and I do generally prefer the dances where a celebrity gets the dance "right" as well as performing to the audience. I do also really enjoy the contestants who really fall in love with dancing like Ed and Rob as it really resonates with me and my personal journey with dance.”

I agree with this entirely. I am finding this season to be very ho hum in general, like Ellie I have been enjoying Ed and Rob in particular as they have gone from complete beginners to people have found a love for dance and work hard to do their very best. Last night's show left me rather unmoved, and the cynical part of me thinks that the producers worked very hard to get rid of Ed, firstly with a Tango to a ridiculous piece of music, followed by the Cha Cha challenge, both of them guaranteed to show him up as being worse than the rest. The attempted manipulation did not work last week, but it might tonight

Mr Cellophane

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by nagel84:
“Please don't leave Jennifer. Many of us very much appreciate your unbiased, highly knowledgeable comments and would find the board a far drearier place without them.

I'm often left wondering how good a celeb's technique actually was in a particular dance, and as I have no dance background myself, being able to read people who have real specialised knowledge on the subject is both invaluable and a real pleasure.”

Well said - my sentiments entirely.

Mr Cellophane

27-11-2016

Farrow & Ball colours - there are some truly pretentious names. My favourites are 'Elephant's Breath' and 'Savage Ground'
Also some utterly meaningless ones - 'String' , 'Wevet' , 'Borrowed Light' , plus numerous others.

I hope never to be stuck in a lift with any of the geniuses that came up with these gems.

Ann_Dancer

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Jennifer_F:
“Although I have not been named, I very much suspect that I must be one of the posters to which refer, although I don't recognise your username. I don't believe that I have ever spoken down to you or anyone. However I do not like the nastiness, constant moaning,aggressiveness and sheer spiteful comments that I have seen. I'll do you all a favour and refrain from posting here anymore. You can continue to go round in circles repeating the same rubbish. Enjoy.”

I feel the same. I'm at least going to take a break of a couple of days. (Need to do some exam study anyway.)

duckylucky

27-11-2016

Jennifer and Ann Dancer , i have always enjoyed reading your posts and you have both certainly never annoyed or irritated me !

Ann_Dancer

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by duckylucky:
“Jennifer and Ann Dancer , i have always enjoyed reading your posts and you have both certainly never annoyed or irritated me !”

Thankyou duckylucky. Your comment is very much appreciated. I hope Jennifer returns as she really has extensive ballroom knowledge that I value.

Would you believe it but my dance teaching exam has just this minute been postponed (for reasons outside my control) and so no urgent need to study. (Although I should still be swotting up!

)

So that was not much of a flounce!

Didn't even get to shut the door behind me!

duckylucky

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ann_Dancer:
“Thankyou duckylucky. Your comment is very much appreciated. I hope Jennifer returns as she really has extensive ballroom knowledge that I value.

Would you believe it but my dance teaching exam has just this minute been postponed (for reasons outside my control) and so no urgent need to study. (Although I should still be swotting up! )

So that was not much of a flounce! Didn't even get to shut the door behind me!”

Lol . Ah we enjoy a good reversal of a flounce too
Sorry your exams were postponed but maybe a good thing ?

Ann_Dancer

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by duckylucky:
“Lol . Ah we enjoy a good reversal of a flounce too
Sorry your exams were postponed but maybe a good thing ?”

Yeah, a good thing for me (although the reason for the postponement is not at all good). It was my final ballroom exam (associate level tango) but my first latin (associate level rumba). Because it's my first Latin exam it is a bit longer than the follow up ones as they ask a lot of questions about overarching principles. I need to be better prepared. I have to dance lead (as well as follower) in rumba and it's quite tricky.

primer

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Cadiva:
“My walls are Skimming Stone don't you know

I love Farrow & Ball, their paint naming is hilarious, specially when you read the descriptions. I picked Clunch because I thought it quite accurately described Louise ”

its not the name, its the quality of the colour mixing. thats what makes the difference between farrow and ball and B&Q economy range.... the difference between understated quality and cheap razz. the latter is very easy to find.

duckylucky

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ann_Dancer:
“Yeah, a good thing for me (although the reason for the postponement is not at all good). It was my final ballroom exam (associate level tango) but my first latin (associate level rumba). Because it's my first Latin exam it is a bit longer than the follow up ones as they ask a lot of questions about overarching principles. I need to be better prepared. I have to dance lead (as well as follower) in rumba and it's quite tricky.”

Isnt it amazing to think that the audience of Strictly is as varied as you and me ! After 10 years watching I have just managed to tell ballroom from latin ! I still struggle to know a cha cha from a samba . But just love the whole excitement
Danny just wows me , that samba was awesome
( yes I knew it was a samba ! )

Ann_Dancer

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by duckylucky:
“Isnt it amazing to think that the audience of Strictly is as varied as you and me ! After 10 years watching I have just managed to tell ballroom from latin ! I still struggle to know a cha cha from a samba . But just love the whole excitement
Danny just wows me , that samba was awesome
( yes I knew it was a samba ! )”

Ha ha, It's good the audience is diverse. Keeps it grounded. I loved his samba! Yes I think he's great too!

Monaogg

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Mr Cellophane:
“Farrow & Ball colours - there are some truly pretentious names. My favourites are 'Elephant's Breath' and 'Savage Ground'
Also some utterly meaningless ones - 'String' , 'Wevet' , 'Borrowed Light' , plus numerous others.

I hope never to be stuck in a lift with any of the geniuses that came up with these gems.”

String makes me think of that weird hairy straw coloured stuff that used to be prevalent when I was young.

aggs

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Monaogg:
“String makes me think of that weird hairy straw coloured stuff that used to be prevalent when I was young.”

Or the Goodies song

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ogIuxegkQ

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