Comments on: Let goodly sin and sunshine in http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/ Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:35:49 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Trish http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7602 Trish Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:36:10 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7602 I have just had a few days at the coast with the kids, and whilst I lathered them up with sunscreen and made them wear their swimming rash shirts, I wasn't so careful with myself. I'm sitting here with my bare back to the air conditioner, trying to dull the sting of an hour's worth of sunshine on un-sunscreened shoulders. I haven't felt the sting of sunburn in about twenty years and I feel like a bloody idiot. I have just had a few days at the coast with the kids, and whilst I lathered them up with sunscreen and made them wear their swimming rash shirts, I wasn’t so careful with myself. I’m sitting here with my bare back to the air conditioner, trying to dull the sting of an hour’s worth of sunshine on un-sunscreened shoulders. I haven’t felt the sting of sunburn in about twenty years and I feel like a bloody idiot.

]]> By: Toasty http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7601 Toasty Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:14:35 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7601 I have to be vigilant of my skin, and my daughters' skin as well. My uncle passed away from skin cancer (my dad's identical twin, so the genes are a bit closer than any ol' uncle). Even though we live in northern New England, the summer sun can do some serious damage on our lily white skin. Meanwhile, we are trying not to freeze as the temps go down, down, down to 0 over the next couple of days. At least you all are staying warm. Stay cool! I have to be vigilant of my skin, and my daughters’ skin as well. My uncle passed away from skin cancer (my dad’s identical twin, so the genes are a bit closer than any ol’ uncle). Even though we live in northern New England, the summer sun can do some serious damage on our lily white skin.
Meanwhile, we are trying not to freeze as the temps go down, down, down to 0 over the next couple of days. At least you all are staying warm.
Stay cool!

]]> By: Coal Miner's Granddaughter http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7555 Coal Miner's Granddaughter Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:35:20 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7555 Wish I could send you a few Slurpees. And some margaritas. Sorry it's so hot. It's going to be 32F as the daytime high here (in Atlanta!!!) on Friday. Does that make you feel any cooler? Awesome post, though. My mom recalls her days of baking on the roofs of NYC with baby oil. Wish I could send you a few Slurpees. And some margaritas. Sorry it’s so hot. It’s going to be 32F as the daytime high here (in Atlanta!!!) on Friday. Does that make you feel any cooler?

Awesome post, though. My mom recalls her days of baking on the roofs of NYC with baby oil.

]]> By: bluestreak http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7553 bluestreak Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:49:33 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7553 Oh, I know those high class folks that spend there holidays here in Spain getting their white English skin scorched into an oblivion. I have the same attitude regarding the sun as the Aussies. And here, that makes me some kind of freak. Every single summer I get comments on how I need to get a little sun. "hello! I'm supposed to be living in the alps or something, my skin is not meant to be on the mediterreanean. Haven't you ever heard of skin cancer??? I want to scream at their beautiful, olive, golden faces." Oh, I know those high class folks that spend there holidays here in Spain getting their white English skin scorched into an oblivion.

I have the same attitude regarding the sun as the Aussies. And here, that makes me some kind of freak. Every single summer I get comments on how I need to get a little sun. “hello! I’m supposed to be living in the alps or something, my skin is not meant to be on the mediterreanean. Haven’t you ever heard of skin cancer??? I want to scream at their beautiful, olive, golden faces.”

]]> By: Gypsy http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7552 Gypsy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:37:42 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7552 Oh man, growing up on the gulf in Florida, I actually used to use baby oil. Talk about frying. Oh man, growing up on the gulf in Florida, I actually used to use baby oil. Talk about frying.

]]> By: courtney http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7551 courtney Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:23:17 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7551 106! That is a scorcher. I'd still prefer it to the 30-degree weather we're currently having here, though. I'm good about wearing sunscreen in the summer, but I will inevitably miss spots, leaving me gleaming white overall but with a few red splotches here and there. It's very attractive. 106! That is a scorcher. I’d still prefer it to the 30-degree weather we’re currently having here, though.

I’m good about wearing sunscreen in the summer, but I will inevitably miss spots, leaving me gleaming white overall but with a few red splotches here and there. It’s very attractive.

]]> By: Jason O. http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7550 Jason O. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:40:56 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7550 Your thoughts on the charming traits of the English remind me of a joke once told to me by a German: In Heaven: Italians cook French are the lovers German organize everything The British write about it. In Hell: Germans are the lovers Italians write about it French organize everything British cook. Your thoughts on the charming traits of the English remind me of a joke once told to me by a German:

In Heaven:
Italians cook
French are the lovers
German organize everything
The British write about it.

In Hell:
Germans are the lovers
Italians write about it
French organize everything
British cook.

]]> By: The Unbearable Banishment http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7548 The Unbearable Banishment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:03:59 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7548 I love the sun. It makes me so happy. I do not "worship" the sun but I spend as much time in it as I possibly can. I hope I don't pay for my folly later in life. By the way, people who live in Queens and Long Island are Jets fans, while people in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island tend to be Giants fans. New Jersey is a toss-up with the fan base split down the middle. F.Y.I. I love the sun. It makes me so happy. I do not “worship” the sun but I spend as much time in it as I possibly can. I hope I don’t pay for my folly later in life.

By the way, people who live in Queens and Long Island are Jets fans, while people in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island tend to be Giants fans. New Jersey is a toss-up with the fan base split down the middle. F.Y.I.

]]> By: Jason http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7547 Jason Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:02:12 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7547 106 degrees? I might be willing to trade you these days. That's only 111 degrees warmer than the forecast high temperature here in Madison. 106 degrees? I might be willing to trade you these days. That’s only 111 degrees warmer than the forecast high temperature here in Madison.

]]> By: Prefers Her Fantasy Life http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7546 Prefers Her Fantasy Life Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:27:50 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2009/01/13/let-goodly-sin-and-sunshine-in/#comment-7546 Ironic that vitamin D deficiency is so rampant now. At least you must be good to go there. Once again, cute pics! Ironic that vitamin D deficiency is so rampant now. At least you must be good to go there.

Once again, cute pics!

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