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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:18 pm
See, I don't think I need to be tan or use a bronzer. Why should I? Why do I have to be made to feel there is something wrong with me if I neither want or feel the need to have a tan. I think my skin is just fine the way it is.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:18 pm
Oh I only wore my wifebeaters after I was tanned....I am very fair skinned, but within the last 10-15 years have perfected my tanning technique to not burn...I end up pretty damn dark. Last summer, after 10 days at the river, the girls told me I was the tannest they'd ever seen me! 10 days layin by/in/on the water might do that to someone!!!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:24 pm
I SPF it up when I go out in the sun, and everyday for that matter. I use at least SPF 30, and SPF 50 if I am going to be on the water. Just because you don't "burn" doesn't mean the sun isn't doing any harm depending on your skin type. And I prefer not to looked like leather in my golden years, and with my skin type, I definitely would. Oh, and I freckle like a redhead if I go out in the sun and the women in my family are prone to melanoma with our skin type.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:24 pm
Good for you Escapee. :o) Unfortunately I am not so comfortable with my white legs. I'll keep using my bronzer ... just a little color.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:24 pm
And who cares what other people think about your white, pale, pastey, blinding legs? I'm not going to tan in a million years (will end up fire engine red if I forget the sunscreen,) I've got red hair, freckles and the complexion to match. I've heard every description possible for my coloring but to tell the truth if people don't like it they can put their sunglasses on when they look at me or look the other way.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:28 pm
My Step MIL is the worst about it. She's a "tanner" junkie and it bugs her to no end that I am so "white". One day she was urging me to go to the tanner (which is a huge waste of money for someone like me)saying it wouldn't hurt to just go and teasing me because of my whiteness. So I said, "You know, If I was urging you to go to weight watchers meetings with me, you wouldn't like it too much, and it wouldn't hurt you to attend, either." shut her up. See, it's the same situation. I am just sick to DEATH of it.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:28 pm
Oh and for the record...I do use suncreen, but I still get the sun. And Escapee, I wasn't knocking you and your pasty white skin, I could care less what someone else looks like, like WG says, I'll put on my sunglasses...but for me, I enjoy being tan.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:31 pm
Oh, Scoot, I wasn't referring to you. Sorry if it sounded as though I was. Some folks don't need sunscreen at all.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:33 pm
I wasn't knocking you either Escapee. No tanning for me. Lot's of sunscreen and just a little bronzer. I'll put on my sunglasses as well. 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:34 pm
New question-- Is there any way in the world to get white house paint off of black cotton pants? Like a bozo, I wore my most comfy pair of black pants to a Habitat for Humanity Build and got them covered in white paint.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:34 pm
I do! At the beginning of vacation, I start out with 30...then by the end I'm down to 15. But I always have it on! We all do....whatcha gotta do at the River...woo hoo only 58 more days!!!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:39 pm
LOL. White paint? Try nail polish remover. If that don't work, bust out your permanent black marker.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:40 pm
Hermi, I might be a pessimist, but I don't think so.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:44 pm
I use spf 50 if I'm going to be out in the sun, sitting for a long time. And I've met Escapee, briefly, and Wargod several times (even in a very rare appearance, for both of us, at a beach) and they are both attractive and not at all blinding Hermie, I'm sure some of our experts will have an answer but I'm guessing that you now have a new pair of black paint pants.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:45 pm
Laugh if you will, but I know from personal experience that if the clothing is the right shade of black, a permanent black marker will do the trick.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:45 pm
LOL, Sea.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:49 pm
Hermie, I concur with Sea!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:50 pm
Damn. I was hoping there was a reset button.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:50 pm
LOL Sea ... that you for reporting on the non-blinding affects of War and Escapee. Yeah, Hermi ... time to buy a new pair of pants!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:50 pm
LOL. Love the "reset button".
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:53 pm
Hermie...you would owe me big time if there was!!!! Sea, what about the blinding effects of moi?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:54 pm
Hermie, maybe get some fabric paint and create some custom crazy pants that you could still paintin or just hang out in.. You might start a line of Hermie originals.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:56 pm
I would buy a Hermi original!! Great idea Sea!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 1:57 pm
Escapee, hon... I think it has to do with blindingly white legs. If you catch us without sunglasses, the glare can be, well, blinding! <smooch> Hermi, if you didn't get it out right away, it may be a lost cause. Was it a water-based paint? You can sometimes work it a bit, with polish remover and the back end of a knife. Or take it to your dry cleaners. But, mostly, I'd consign 'em to your weekend wear and buy a new pair! ETA: I'm missing the tan I got while waiting for the train in OC last year. I got pretty dark, just sitting for 15-20 minutes a day, three days a week. Although I had a beater tan, so weekends found me wearing minimal clothing (skinny strapped camis) to get rid of the strap marks! I tan easily, but it's amazing how tan you can get in just a short amount of time a day.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 2:01 pm
hermie, there is a product called 'Oops' sold at hardware stores just for getting paint off of or out of stuff. not sure if you can use it on clothes though. and, there is always mineral spirits. might destroy your pants.
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