yeah, what Larry said. I got a spot of melanoma on the back of my neck about 5 years ago. Served me right for cutting off my ponytail. Fred ---------------------------------------- From: "Ralph Yost" <ralph@alphacompservices.com> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:41 PM To: lrzeitlin@aol.com, great-loop@lists.trawlering.com Subject: Re: GL: Wear that sunscreen! Larry You are right. We grew up near the beach near Atlantic City. Went to the beach almost every day, never wore sunscreen. Then I started surfing. Sitting on a surfboard puts you very close to the reflected sun rays in addition to those direct rays. Now I try to stay out of the sun as much as possible. I enjoy being in the shade of the boat bimini top. I wear sunscreen whenever it's a sunny day. And I go to a demotologist yearly to be examined. I am afraid, like you, that I might get it and not know it. R.