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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Not to be too argumentative because I actually agree with your original 
post, but we are talking skin cancer, right?  Aren't you and yours of 
Native American ancestry?  Indigenous peoples on this continent have 
more melanin in their skins than indigenous peoples of Asia and Europe, 
where my ancestral family was from.  That melanin plays a protective 
role.  Me, if I was any whiter, I'd be albino. Well,I have to take that 
back...did you see my hands??  LOL..  But seriously, I wonder how much 
the skin cancer rates have increased for people of color vs ghost beings 
such as myself.
And I have to correct one thing about your post below..you used past 
tense and it should be present..
Farmers tans come from the collar area and the arms where the sleeves 
are ripped off.  Farmers tans are a very common thing down here.  DH 
even has one.  It is how you know you are a true redneck.  Those who 
labor out in the sun...

Bev

Lynda wrote:
> 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.
>
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