Huh, its like we're taking it too far. How unlike us...

I take vit. D supplements, because my doc did some tests and found out my vit. D levels were, erm, freakishly low. What? Giant burny thing in the sky! It frightens me!

Since I need SPF 15 to even turn on an indoor light

Ah-Ha! You are using light bulbs!

It's my employers, man. I'm just a cog in their electron-exploiting ways.

I saw some ad for sun blocking clothing that would prevent 87% of rays from touching your skin... um, isn't that just "clothing"?

Actually, no. It depends on how tight the weave is, and how thick or thin the fabric is. A man's white undershirt -- the kind that comes in a 3-pack -- won't block the sun for much longer than SPF 15 will.

(I know I sound like Cliff Claven, but srsly. I burn in about 8 minutes, so I know lots of info about how not to.)

Despite not getting her red hair, I did get my mom's sunburning gene. To answer Trudy's question, you can get burns through clothes.

I live in Florida.

We still sell Hawaiian Tropic and Panama Jack oil round these parts.

A white man's undershirt -- the kind that comes in a 3-pack -- won't block the sun for much longer than SPF 15 will.

Huh. That reminds me when I used to get a farmer's tan all the time from working in the fields (driving a tractor or swather) while in a white t-shirt.

A white man's undershirt -- the kind that comes in a 3-pack -- won't block the sun for much longer than SPF 15 will.

Huh. That reminds me when I used to get a farmer's tan all the time from working in the fields (driving a tractor or swather) while in a white t-shirt.

Hmm. Just me, I guess. Like I said, I burn easily.

I could be full of shit and not know what the hell I'm talking about.

t edit Although I didn't mean to imply that an undershirt lets through as much UVA/UVB as you'd get without a shirt at all, and without sunblock. Just that you standard t-shirt isn't as good of a block as you might think.

And I have gotten burned through a t-shirt, but I'm a melanin-deprived weirdo.

Well, when I was a kid I'd get burned a few times each spring/summer until I built up a dark enough tan....

Hmm. Just me, I guess. Like I said, I burn easily.

Not just you. I totally have to dress for sun.

I'm sure some people CAN burn through clothing with an open weave... so just buy stuff that's not open-weave. Someone needs an entire catalog for that?

I take vit. D supplements, because my doc did some tests and found out my vit. D levels were, erm, freakishly low. What? Giant burny thing in the sky! It frightens me!

Because its trying to GET you. That's why.

Gay Monopoly

I don't think this was approved by Parker Bros. (or whatever)....