The Retirement Thread

[Exlaser2]

I do get confused

I used to be laughed at for going on holiday with factor 8 suncream only - and lots of it
everyone else took a small bottle of factor 6 and then use 3 or 4 after the first few days

even though I was spening most of the holiday on a sailing dinghy out in the middle of a bay


nowadays we are talking about factors like 50 being a minimum

in the 1980s/90s that would have required a 1mm sheet of aluminium at least to achieve it!!

I presume the system has changed - otherwise my fair skin would have burnt terribly!!

What people have to remember is the spf scale is not linear, so spf 4 is not twice as effective as spf 2 and the improvements get smaller and smaller as you go up the scale.
So let’s say you use spf 15 (which is about the minimum that’s required these days ) that blocks 93% of uvb rays.
Spf 30 blocks 96.7% of uvb rays .
Spf50 blocks 98% of uvb rays .
Spf 100 blocks 99% of uvb rays.

At these levels the most important thing is reapplying regularly. 😀

 

[Mike Ayling]

What people have to remember is the spf scale is not linear, so spf 4 is not twice as effective as spf 2 and the improvements get smaller and smaller as you go up the scale.
So let’s say you use spf 15 (which is about the minimum that’s required these days ) that blocks 93% of uvb rays.
Spf 30 blocks 96.7% of uvb rays .
Spf50 blocks 98% of uvb rays .
Spf 100 blocks 99% of uvb rays.

At these levels the most important thing is reapplying regularly. 😀

Absolutely.

 

[PaulSB]

What people have to remember is the spf scale is not linear, so spf 4 is not twice as effective as spf 2 and the improvements get smaller and smaller as you go up the scale.
So let’s say you use spf 15 (which is about the minimum that’s required these days ) that blocks 93% of uvb rays.
Spf 30 blocks 96.7% of uvb rays .
Spf50 blocks 98% of uvb rays .
Spf 100 blocks 99% of uvb rays.

At these levels the most important thing is reapplying regularly. 😀

Thanks. Good info and something I didn't know, though I didn't imagine 4 is twice as effective as 2.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

This is the retirement thread, our generation didn't mess about with sun block cream! We got kicked out the house, at daylight, bottle of water and a jam sandwich (if you were lucky). Come home when it got dark. None of this namby-pamby sunblock and hats for us 😂

Rubbish

I had fair skin and I wasn;t allowed out of the house in sunny weather without having some Ambre Solaire on

Of course it was more akin to cooking oil that modern sun cream - and probably had the same effect on sun protection

but I had it on

and when I was little I had a wonderful white peaked cap with a flap of material at the back to protect my neck

It looked really really stupid

but we were happy

 

[Mike Ayling]

My BF's wife has had two minor skirmishes with Melanoma - I say minor but one involved 'replacing' a 4" dia' patch of skin on her back due to one of the small malignant areas.

Heavy sunbed user in her teens.

Still sun bathes - often without using sunblock.

Melanomas can kill you if not detected in time.

 

[Dave7]

A quick good morning as I may well go back to be shortly.
I have a pleasant 'nothing to do' day ahead.

 

[screenman]

And a good morning from me also, I have just woken up in Lincolnshire but my first thought was that I was still in Liverpool. I am teaching today, so a day in the workshop which is not a bad place to be seeing as it blowing a game and raining hard outside. Have the best day possible.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Plumber due in today for a bit of minor snagging.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Around 3 degrees at the moment but a dry day in prospect

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
After breakfast we are going to walk into town and then I'm going for a swim in the sea, actually the Atlantic ocean, it may be a bit cool, but it has to be done.😁

 

[Drago]

Routine messed up today as don't know what time plumber arriving.

Walk Mini D to school and return quickly. Will do the ironing while waiting and then give Bruce a longer walk this avo.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning. Today is black bin, veg box delivery and walking group. I can't see there being many wanting to walk this morning, it's going to be a bit muddy underfoot in places along the trailway. Mrs Tkk reports that the car park next to the library is having 3 electric chargers installed, I will have a nose when I collect my book later.

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooeeeee. 6 deg here. The rain has finally stopped for 5 minutes and the wind has died down.

Stay safe peeps

 

[welsh dragon]

Rubbish

I had fair skin and I wasn;t allowed out of the house in sunny weather without having some Ambre Solaire on

Of course it was more akin to cooking oil that modern sun cream - and probably had the same effect on sun protection

but I had it on

and when I was little I had a wonderful white peaked cap with a flap of material at the back to protect my neck

It looked really really stupid

but we were happy

I had very fair skin and I have photos of me wearing a white sun bonnet. Yes, I know

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I had very fair skin and I have photos of me wearing a white sun bonnet. Yes, I know

I wonder if we should have counselling???