Heh, was out building a fence in my front yard yesterday. Forgot all about sunscreen, which I usually use pretty religously, especially because I want to teach my kid how important it is.
The back of my neck especially was red as flame late afternoon. Burned like hell. Put on some Aloe-gel, avoided sleeping on my back, now just riding it out.
Had some epically bad sunburns as a kid, though, vacationing in Southern Europe with my folks. The kind that leaves you wanting to wear absolutely nothing. The kind that, when the excrutiating pain ends, instead results in itching from fucking Hell.
Yea, sunscreen is your friend.