Well, when I was a kid I'd get burned a few times each spring/summer until I built up a dark enough tan....
You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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.
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.
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.
Sophia Brooks - May 14, 2009 11:32:57 am PDT #19533 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I burn then tan (I think-- it has been years). The sun tend to make me ill because my hair is dark and I get really hot. I am OK with a hat!
One year after I discovered the hat thing, I baked myself in the sun every day the whole summer-- I worked until noon, then laid out for three hours. I was so tan and lovely on my top, and my calves remained fish belly white forever. They do not tan. Neither do my mother's!
I also got a really really bad sunburn but continued laying out and now have scarred from the burn/peel/burn saga.
Trudy Booth - May 14, 2009 11:33:01 am PDT #19534 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
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.
I get all that. I'm saying "put on long sleeves" probably doesn't require the latest in textilogical science.
megan walker - May 14, 2009 11:38:11 am PDT #19535 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Um, when I say dress for sun, I don't just mean long sleeves. I burn through clothing. I have to think about how thick the t-shirt I'm wearing is. So, yes, if I'm doing things like fishing, windsurfing, anything on the water, I would need to buy SPF t-shirts.
Trudy Booth - May 14, 2009 11:40:09 am PDT #19536 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
Is the ozone depletion contributing to this? People lived for millenia without spf clothing.