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.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
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Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - May 14, 2009 11:17:26 am PDT #19523 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Barb - May 14, 2009 11:19:07 am PDT #19524 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I live in Florida.
We still sell Hawaiian Tropic and Panama Jack oil round these parts.
tommyrot - May 14, 2009 11:19:24 am PDT #19525 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Steph L. - May 14, 2009 11:20:59 am PDT #19526 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.
tommyrot - May 14, 2009 11:23:54 am PDT #19527 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, when I was a kid I'd get burned a few times each spring/summer until I built up a dark enough tan....
megan walker - May 14, 2009 11:24:22 am PDT #19528 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hmm. Just me, I guess. Like I said, I burn easily.
Not just you. I totally have to dress for sun.
Trudy Booth - May 14, 2009 11:25:02 am PDT #19529 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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.
tommyrot - May 14, 2009 11:26:50 am PDT #19530 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
msbelle - May 14, 2009 11:30:43 am PDT #19531 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
wow, point out that someone has dropped the ball on something while trying to get it fixed and they turn all snip snappy. ok, co-worker, I'm all set with only communicating with you via email. so not a problem for me.
Steph L. - May 14, 2009 11:31:49 am PDT #19532 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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?
Well, aside from the sun aging the hell out of exposed skin (hello, wrinkles!), and, of course, skin cancer, there art medical conditions, such as lupus, that can be aggravated by UVA/UVB exposure. There are also a hell of a lot of drugs -- antibiotics, antidepressants, retin-A -- that make the person taking them extremely sensitive to the sun.