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LipsofanAngel
03-19-2007, 06:35 PM
I regret all the time I spent tanning in the past. I've cut back drastically and just use sunless tanner here and there now.
aaron
03-19-2007, 06:51 PM
A picture is worth a thousand posts.

http://lh5.google.com/image/subnetrx/Rf8TKiFnCmI/AAAAAAAAACs/fuRof-7ODBE/s800/nicetan.jpg
pinkytuscadero
03-19-2007, 06:54 PM
Holy crap Aaron! I was going to go get some bar -b-que but not anymore!:smt118
Mr. Bama
03-19-2007, 08:06 PM
I've recently started tanning for the first time in my life b/c i'm tired of hearing "damn you're white" or "why are you so white". So society, if i get cancer, It's all for you.
Astra
03-19-2007, 08:08 PM
Meh. I revel in my blinding paleness. I figure I'm compensating for the orange Malibu Barbie wannabes out there.
iheartellisons
03-19-2007, 08:41 PM
ive always been against tanning beds...i stick to my sunless tanner and put sunscreen on in the sun
carsalesguy
03-19-2007, 08:48 PM
i'm naturally dark lol
SoMissTV
03-19-2007, 09:41 PM
i'm naturally dark lol

I thought you were just naturally in the dark.
ynotme297
03-19-2007, 10:17 PM
hmmmmmm creamy white skin. just drives me nuts. if she has red hair,green eyes and freckles :bonk:WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
Ted
03-19-2007, 10:22 PM
hmmmmmm creamy white skin. just drives me nuts. if she has red hair,green eyes and freckles :bonk:WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
That combo works for me too!:clap:heh heh heh
Ted
03-19-2007, 10:25 PM
A picture is worth a thousand posts. - - - - - -

I think I'da rather had the thousand words - - - -

:):):)
Ted
03-19-2007, 10:26 PM
A picture is worth a thousand posts. - - - - - -

I think I'da rather had the thousand posts - - - -

:):):)

Man, that's a 'Crispy Critter'!
LipsofanAngel
03-19-2007, 10:27 PM
aaron, your picture has me paranoid! I pray to God the years I spent tanning doesn't make me llok TOO awful one day. Luckily, even though I'm naturally fair skinned (the Irish side of the fam), I tan really easily and hardly ever get sunburned (Choctaw side)!
IGID
03-19-2007, 10:34 PM
Uh oh. What's the fat people going to do?
fuzzis
03-19-2007, 10:35 PM
The first summer I lived in Reno, I gave myself a very bad 2nd degree burn in an hour at Tahoe. It was incredibly painful, and ever since, I've been pretty vigilant about sunscreen (although...I did burn my boobs Saturday at the parade).

I used to tell my students that their skin changed color because it was DAMAGED...and I was rather strict about making sure they applied sunscreen when we were on field trips.

I am quite happy with my pale skin. I don't have the patience for self-tanners or the like because I'm content to be casper-ish. I know that the best determiners for wrinkles is genetics and your exposure to the sun. My genetics aren't that great, so I'm doing all I can to make sure the exposure to the sun isn't a real factor.

fuzzis
Tully Mars
03-19-2007, 10:49 PM
The first summer I lived in Reno, I gave myself a very bad 2nd degree burn in an hour at Tahoe. It was incredibly painful, and ever since, I've been pretty vigilant about sunscreen (although...I did burn my boobs Saturday at the parade).

I thought Mardi Gras was over. Besides, aren't most of those parades at night? :smt102 :alchoholic: :exit2:
aaron
03-19-2007, 10:52 PM
I used to tell my students that their skin changed color because it was DAMAGED...and I was rather strict about making sure they applied sunscreen when we were on field trips.

fuzzis

I'm glad you stopped telling them this.
fuzzis
03-19-2007, 10:54 PM
I thought Mardi Gras was over. Besides, aren't most of those parades at night? :smt102 :alchoholic: :exit2:

LOL! Perhaps I should have said...the *tops* of my boobs. Low-cut shirt and all. :smt118

fuzzis
daisy
03-19-2007, 11:34 PM
I can't speak for Fuzzis but I know people who went to The ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE in Jackson This past Saturday.
Maggie-Doodle
03-20-2007, 12:15 AM
Holy Moley! That woman looked like cow leather! eeeeewwwww

I have never been one to lay out in the sun and I have never used a tanning bed...I get very dark though from just working in the yard some or being out when it is windy....I have alot of indian blood on both sides of my family so I reckon that is why I pretty much stay tan year round...I will look like a gingerbread cookie! When I was little (back in the 50's) my mom would get my hair cut short in the summer and a perm in my hair...of course it would be kinky curly...of course I would almost look like a little black girl! :)
firefly
03-20-2007, 12:19 AM
I've recently started tanning for the first time in my life b/c i'm tired of hearing "damn you're white" or "why are you so white". So society, if i get cancer, It's all for you. Bama, please don't take this lightly! Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer & has a poor survival rate because it is so aggressive.
Kitty
03-20-2007, 12:59 AM
A picture is worth a thousand posts.

http://lh5.google.com/image/subnetrx/Rf8TKiFnCmI/AAAAAAAAACs/fuRof-7ODBE/s800/nicetan.jpg

Her wrinkles have wrinkles. :smt103

And she is wearing a metallic scrunchie in her hair. :smt103

I wonder which product helped her achieve that luscious leathery skin--Crisco, or baby oil and iodine? :confused:
Imapepper
03-20-2007, 08:45 AM
And WHAT is her bikini top doing around her stomach!!!???:oops:
amanda
03-20-2007, 09:16 AM
Eeeewwwww.....thanks for the pic Aaron. I can skip lunch today. I've had horrible sunburns in the past and now I just deal with my paleness. I'm a blonde and only have two colors - white and red. I'll go with the white and use sunless tanners when necessary. I SOOOOOO don't want to turn into this unfortunate creature.
citygirl
03-20-2007, 09:19 AM
Uh oh. What's the fat people going to do?

:hitit: I'm going to die "FAT & BROWN"
Southern_Belle
03-20-2007, 09:48 AM
i usually tan for one of two months in the spring - right after winter to get a base tan. i tanned all last month. then i spend my summers by the pool or on the beach (as much as i can). i enjoy the sun.
justme
03-20-2007, 09:56 AM
I too will die fat and brown. I love the sun. I wear sunscreen in the real sun and I start off slow in the tanning bed and build it up. My parents had a tanning salon growing up. I honestly believe that if I was going to get skin cancer I would have had it already. I had a key to the place. I abused the privelage. You should not stay in a 30 minute tanning bed for an hour. I did. That is like 10 hours in noon day sun. I did not burn because I went so much. PS- i tried the tricks too. You can't cook a hotdog in a tanning bed- It won't even get hot. ALSO - I have had 2 kids and work just fine down there too.

The sun and all of the kinds of rays that it produces is bad. Tanning beds only produce certain ones of these rays. It is also bad if you abuse it like I did in the past. I say get a base tan so that you don't burn in the sun- and always always 365 days a year wear sunscreen. You will get a healthy glow still- you just may not get cancer.

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