> > Gah. There is but one thing I like less than sunny days - *hot* sunny days. Why, you might ask? Simply because, as Stephen has so affectionately put it on several occasions, I am a vampire. I am more or less allergic to sunlight. I have to wear a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, and a wide-brimmed hat whenever I go outside when it's sunny. And that gets *hot.*
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> Ah, we're all going to have so much fun when we meet in person. Ellmyruh and I were talking about the same thing in chat the other day. I don't think I've ever had a tan in my life. My skin's colour options are limited to painfully sunburned, ghastly pale, or disgusting peeling while moving from the former to the latter. Just terrific for someone who likes the outdoors as much as I do, AND lives rather close to that pesky Antarctic ozone hole.
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> Also, I love sunny days passionately and I can see I'm going to regret all the rest of you being in the Northern Hemisphere and talking about your summer. It's getting COLD here. Darn. I knew this year's eight-month summer was just too good to last.
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> Brunnen-"I go through a LOT of sunblock"G

Since Brunnen-G brought my name up, I just had to put my two cents in. I'm thinking that if all of us Rinksters who are basically allergic to the sun agreed to use only one particular brand of sunblock, and then bought stock in that company, we'd be rich within a few years. Or even better--we should just make our own!

Ell"I'm for RinkScreen!"myruh