I feel your pain
I started off a "strawberry blonde" from my dads old copper hair, same reason, but eventually darkened to a nice brown (but with ginger beard, according to the missus)

Still have to wear S.P.F Vampire though. Its that or not have any skin left after day one of any holiday to anywhere sunnier than a spelunking holiday.
(Fleximus Rex briefly gave up lurking on, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:38, Reply)