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stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
edited November 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
I'm half Polish, half Irish and I need to ask for a raise for all the sunblock I have to wear in the summer.

I'm in the midst of one of the most painful sunburns of my life, I was in the water helping my bro-in-law put in his pier for 6 hours on Saturday and I can still barely move. It was partly cloudy all day but I should have known better and am now in hell.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    nowadays, if i am lucky, neither. :) i try to just stay *me.* however, i do BOTH. if i am not careful, i will burn.....but i most definitely do tan afterwards. if i am good about it, i can skip the burn and slowly build up a decent tan, at least for me. however, i find neither worth it anymore....and as a child......:eek: some seriously bad burns, and sun-poisoning with a blistering burn once. horrible. and maybe 3x i've had truly fantastic tans, by almost anyone's standards. haha.


    btw - sorry for your pain! :(
    definitely live and learn!


    and i am 3/4 italian/sicilian...1/4 irish.....my skin tho, mostly irish i guess!
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    I tan very easily...my skin just soaks up the sun. I was warned that I would burn in the Australian sun :rolleyes: :p Not a chance! :D I'm half Italian, a quarter Polish and a quarter German...seems to be a good combo for tanning. I know I should use sunblock anyway...and I do sometimes on my face...but not as much as I should
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    tannnn. i have the blood of italians.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I burn.
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  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    I tan pretty easily but I try to stay out of the sun.
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    Mostly, I get a nice tan but I have gotten sunburned upon occasion.
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    I have very pale skin, but I dont burn easily at all. I also dont tan at all :D So it takes a lot of sun to burn me.
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Celtic roots and pale skin means I burn like a Lobster on the barbecue :o
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  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,817
    I'm the whitest woman you will ever meet, therefore, I burn :D

    but not anymore, pile on the sunblock
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  • londonwprlondonwpr Posts: 293
    When I was in Florida last month, I was driving back to the airport with my arm resting on the outside of the car door and it got severely burned in 2 hours. I looked ridiculous...one arm looked like I was a burn victim; the other an albino!
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  • myhookmyhook Posts: 284
    I start off with a small burn but tan pretty well. I have gotten a few BAD burns over the years. Skin cancer here I come. Now that I am on the beach almost every weekend I use at least 30 SPF.
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    myhook wrote:
    I start off with a small burn but tan pretty well. I have gotten a few BAD burns over the years. Skin cancer here I come. Now that I am on the beach almost every weekend I use at least 30 SPF.
    same here...except for the beach every weekend...but outside all weekend every weekend.
  • given2fly78given2fly78 Posts: 404
    BURN baby BURN!

    I sport 2 shades. Pasty and Red. One of my coworkers told me yesterday that "Women 100 years ago would kill for my shade of Pale" LOL! He meant it in such a nice way, it was cute. But still, I'm sooooo darned pale.
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  • edvedder913edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    decides2dream wrote:
    if i am not careful, i will burn.....but i most definitely do tan afterwards.

    and i am 3/4 italian/sicilian...1/4 irish.....my skin tho, mostly irish i guess!

    that is like me 50% Italian, 25/25 Irish/German. definitely did NOT get the Italian skin :mad:

    I burn, freckle, and then tan :)
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    The indigenous folks aside, everyone burns in Aussieland.
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,304
    I get red first then as the summer goes on it's more tan-like.
  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    stevieraveon wrote:
    I'm half Polish, half Irish and I need to ask for a raise for all the sunblock I have to wear in the summer.

    I'm in the midst of one of the most painful sunburns of my life, I was in the water helping my bro-in-law put in his pier for 6 hours on Saturday and I can still barely move. It was partly cloudy all day but I should have known better and am now in hell.

    Aloe-Vera. Go get some, and try not too laugh or scream from how cold it's gonna feel.

    personally, I tan up nicely. Don't burn unless I'm out for like 8 hours or something.
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Hinny wrote:
    The indigenous folks aside, everyone burns in Aussieland.
    not me :D:p
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • dawngdawng Posts: 644
    I'm a redhead w/ pale skin - and burn quickly and easily. And I've had two skin cancer spots removed thanks to all the burns as a kid.

    Sorry to hear about your painful burn - been there! Aloe vera is great - and you can get it with lidocain for the pain. Good luck!
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  • HartydogHartydog Posts: 2,060
    you wouldn't think it from looking at me in my post winter pastiness but I actually tan up a fair amount.
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  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    Hinny wrote:
    The indigenous folks aside, everyone burns in Aussieland.

    ? i dont - i might get a little red initially, but it browns up in the following couple of days and then i go so brown over summer i probably could pass for an indigenous folkster :)

    in fact, i sometimes wonder if i have either koorie, or Spanish or italian, or some bloodline like that in me???
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    comebackgirl wrote:
    I tan very easily...my skin just soaks up the sun. I was warned that I would burn in the Australian sun :rolleyes: :p Not a chance! :D I'm half Italian, a quarter Polish and a quarter German...seems to be a good combo for tanning. I know I should use sunblock anyway...and I do sometimes on my face...but not as much as I should

    well I burn like crazy anywhere so I thought anyone in Australia would :p It's not fair I burn no matter how hot it is in the sun it seems in like 5 mins!
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Zoso wrote:
    well I burn like crazy anywhere so I thought anyone in Australia would :p It's not fair I burn no matter how hot it is in the sun it seems in like 5 mins!
    That's cause you're whiter than white :p:D
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    I tan....a positive aspect of being of Italian heritage.

    but my ass is hairy...a negative aspect of being of Italian heritage
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    me? burn baby, burn.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    I am half Polish and half Scottish/English/Irish....no ever tells me the truth.
    I never tan my face as I don't want to look like an old hag. I keep it under wraps and use a light self tanner.
    I also have to use a high spf on my body as I will burn easily. But if I gradually ease my skin into the sun, I end up with a nice tan. It is not easy though.
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,171
    both. mostly burned.
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i burn like a motherfucker!

    people always comment that i look pretty white for an Australian, but i don't try and get a tan coz i just burn!

    i think i tanned a bit more in the european sun!
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    burn then peel
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  • iamsampjiamsampj Posts: 784
    i wish i had more of my mexican bloodline apparent, then i wouldn't need to get a tan. my sister is so lucky. so...when i try and get a tan, i burn a bit but it turns to a tan the next day. but, i'm so scared of skin cancer that i don't really lay out and try to tan.
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
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