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So, pirates, traders and sunburn?

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Zacs-Master | 10:59 Sat 14th Jul 2012 | ChatterBank
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How did pirates, traders etc prevent sunburn in tropical climes? Just a thought as I sit at the bar in Corfu in 37deg heat.
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If you sit in the sun for a week you'll get sun burnt.

If you work in the sun for months on end you'll stop getting burnt, not great for your skin, but I don't think pirates were too worried about their skin care regime.
11:02 Sat 14th Jul 2012
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Mmm. But they must have used some product to ward off the suns rays, or did they learn quickly?
11:03 Sat 14th Jul 2012
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The main product probably would have been, clothes and a hat.
11:04 Sat 14th Jul 2012
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Flippin hot tho.
11:05 Sat 14th Jul 2012
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Maybe to you, but do the locals look like they're overly worried about it?
11:06 Sat 14th Jul 2012
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I'm not talking about locals tho. What about the guy in the Floozies Arms in Plymouth who was press ganged and a few weeks later found himself in temperatures he'd never experienced?
11:15 Sat 14th Jul 2012

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