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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Farmers tans came from the collar area AND the arms where the sleeves had 
been ripped off, at least out here.  Teens back in the dark ages, such as 
myself, ran around in the sun all the time.  The Russian River had so many 
half nekkid AND nekkid kids on it, you couldn't see the sand for bodies. 
Heck, the string bikini is part of my generation.  Bought my first one in 
Mexico when I was 17 <g>  My dad even made it a point to get a burn first 
nice day of the spring to hurry up his tan, as did all the other guys he ran 
around with.  The only folks I know with skin cancer are my cousin's 
daughters (all blondes) and they have the same genetics that go with the 
gray horse and mutated genes that cause melanomas.  Or that is how their doc 
explained it to her.

And, with all that, all the grands lived past 90.  My dad is 82 and not a 
sign of any type of skin cancer.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> Playing devil's advocate here..
> After reading all the 'toilet' links from that page Bob posted
> yesterday, it has me thinking a bit differently.  If the indoor toilet
> added 10-20 years to life expectancy as alleged, that would change the
> lifespan range and put more people living into their 70's and beyond.
> That additional time might allow more cancers to develop.
> Also, the old timers wore hats and long sleeves.  They were smart and
> did not bask in sun worship as teens do today.