triskele wrote:  Redneck tan?

 Manbird wrote: 
I was hoping the irony of my question would render you impotable.  All you hadda do was ask, sweet cheeks.

 oldslabsides wrote: 
I don't drink but maybe, in a super maniacally compulsive moment, I might submit a bid. So... yeah. 

 Manbird wrote: 
Are you saying you want it?

 Manbird wrote: 
unfortunately, we can't afford the surgery to have it removed, so it's staying where it is for now...

 oldslabsides wrote: 
I say preserve your flapping tro-lo-lo-uvula in a jar and then start a thread to name it - or even auction it off to the drunkiest bidder.

 triskele wrote: 
Indeed.  An atmosphere that hadn't been destroyed by several millennia of forest burning and the industrial revolution.

 glassbuteo wrote: 
i think ancient peoples may have lived under a healthier sky, with a thicker atmosphere that wasn't full of pollutants..a sky that did a better job of filtering out dangerous rays.

 cc_rider wrote: 
I seldom say anything anyone wants to hear anyway.

 glassbuteo wrote: 
Any SPF over 45 is ineffective.

 glassbuteo wrote: 
It is expected that the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine will soon increase the minimum daily requirement level of vitamin D. Recent studies have indicated the current MDR is too low for a full contribution to good health in the adaptive and innate immune systems, the secretion and regulation of insulin by the pancreas, the heart and blood pressure regulation, muscle strength and brain activity. In addition, access to adequate amounts of vitamin D is believed to be beneficial towards reducing the risk of cancer. People over 50 need twice the level of vitamin D as younger adults. By the way, vitamin D is a hormone, not a true vitamin.

 glassbuteo wrote: 
from what i understand, taking a little walk at lunchtime is plenty of sun exposure to get your vitamin D quotient....but, of course, we don't have that opportunity every day if we live up north....

i seem to remember that one of the keys to taking advantage of going outside for natural sunlight for a few minutes is that you then have to be sure not to shower or wash your skin for a few hours, because part of the process of your body making it's own vitamin D has to do with how the skin processes it's exposure to the light.

so...my little walks in the afternoon during work are just enough.  my face, arms, neck are all exposed, and i work the rest of the day, and don't necessarily shower until the next morning....

 triskele wrote: 
By rendering him permanently mute?

j/k schlabbo...

 oldslabsides wrote: 

Maybe tanning will soon become as socially unacceptable as smoking has...

 triskele wrote: 
Alrighty then, thanks.

 Coaxial wrote: 
then neither of us would wake up on time, because he has been known to sleep through the alarm
plus, there's the fact that his deformed uvula does impact his swallowing mechanism, as well as causes him trouble breathing while asleep.
it would be good to get that fixed, rather than him continuing to go through life gagging on his own throat.  :gag: 
the pillar procedure for the snoring is not really an option, and the good news is he doesn't have sleep apnea....but they found other stuff wrong, the fixing of which will make him feel better, breathe, and swallow better, and will improve marital relations! 

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
Yeah, that is so P can sleep...His snoring doesn't bother his sleeping at all...I still wonder if some good earplugs might save Dave from going under the knife...

 Coaxial wrote: 
that was an old post. since then, Dave has been diagnosed with an overly long uvula and needs a nose job. or something.

 triskele wrote: 
Wouldn't it be cheaper and a whole lot more Dave friendly if maybe you got a good pair of custom made earplugs? Just wondering....