Sit out in the sun when you're old

[Mulder]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7208768.stm

Couldn't you achieve the same effect by just sitting out in the sunshine? Plenty of infra-red there!

[Fiona]

What sun? :-[

[Janot]

What sun? :-[
The sun which has given me a slight sunburn this afternoon, sitting in my garden in Tenerife. ;D

[Fiona]

I suppose this means that there are few instances of alzheimer's where you live? Oh...you don't live long enough cos of the skin cancer? Controlled comparison is hard isnt' it ?:P

[Janot]

I suppose this means that there are few instances of alzheimer's where you live? Oh...you don't live long enough cos of the skin cancer? Controlled comparison is hard isnt' it ?:PI can't help feeling a sense of sour grapes here.::) Everybody here (except me ;D)is a moron, or drunk, or both, so identifying alzheimers is tricky. I'm not aware the skin cancer rates are higher here than elsewhere - as you say, a controlled experiment would be very difficult.

[Fiona]

Sorry Janot. It was meant to be a joke. Clearly not funny, however :-[

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

We don't even get enough sun in Scotland in winter to get the required vitamin D dosage apparantly.

Want to meet for a beer next month Janot - I'm coming to Lanzarote. It's just down the road isn't it?O0

[Janot]

Sorry Janot. It was meant to be a joke. Clearly not funny, however :-[Oh dear - I'm usually the first to spot irony or sarcasm, but it missed me entirely. I must have been out in the sun too long - it dulls the mind.::)

[Janot]

Want to meet for a beer next month Janot - I'm coming to Lanzarote. It's just down the road isn't it?O0Yes, it is. Unfortunately, the way flights work (or don't) between the various Canary Islands, it would probably be easier to fly via Glasgow to meet up. ::)