It had occurred to me that there was a problem while I was working the
wood, but I wanted to finish the job, which I did.

annnnnnd................Herein lies the rub.
   If you play guitar for 5 hours when you are not used to it, you will 
bleed for 2 days.
If you operate a shovel ungloved, for 5 hours first day, both your hands 
will have bloody blisters the size of golf balls.
  If I go down to the beach on the first warm day and spend 5 hours 
lounging in the beautiful bright sun. If you are me you will be wearing 
a full coat of oozy murderous blisters, which will pop, (as you are 
looking for anything to cut your throat with)
and then you will have big hunks of skin flaking off for a month.

All these things go enormously better, a bit the first day, bit more the 
second.
  Work into it giving your body a chance to catch on.
  If you are me you will never tan very much, but at least you quit 
burning.
All day, day after day, working it 105 degree sun, no burning.
I ended up with sporadic skin cancer but that is a different story.
   yours scott

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    Scott Grandstaff
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