TimbukTOO Team Room

[Quatroux]

I'm doing my congrats in bulk form from here on out. Congrats to the following:

Guy K for posting some awesome meters. We were briefly back in front of the Canadians. Perhaps Lisa or Izz have a few more Pats waiting to post huge numbers for us.

Izz for telling a joke that was actually funny.

Pat M for hitting her goal

[The Blacksmith]

We're really not too far behind the Canadians-10k as of now. Maybe if I cut back on the maple syrup??? Naahhhh.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, fighting hand-to-hand combat in the Syrup Wars!!! 16 of 66 members (24%) logged 222,824 total meters Thursday!

Milestones achieved:
Mark hit 1.2M, powered by simple carbs!!

Approaching milestones:
David is nigh on 5.8M (-16,598m), Kyle is sticking to 3.7M (-39,982m), Adam is closing on 2M (-24,386m), Yisroel is an FM and change from 1.8M (-43,000m), Kevin is closing on millionaire status (-26,865m), Tyrone is close to 800K (-11,145m), Mike is fuming about 600K (-22,397m), Barbara is hot on the heels of 150K (-5,143m), and Brad is sighting 50K (-7,426m). Row strong, team!

Posted Meters:
Tyrone P - 35,000 Wow!
David W - 25,348 Unbounded!
Kyle J - 25,000 Industrial-grade meters!
Yisroel H - 21,420 Looking good!
Jeff S - 20,000 Welcome back!
Mark E - 19,550 Sa-weet!
Andy I - 15,729 Strong!
Jonathan R - 11,000 These meters go to 11 (k)! **
Mike M - 10,000 10k every other day, keeps the hot trucker chicks in play!
Adam M - 8,000 Nice!
John S - 7,822 5-fer!
Cindy R - 6,461 Kids must be feeling better!
Barbara B - 5,479 Back on the erg!
Brad G - 5,000 Strong!
Daiva S - 4,000 Rowing solo today!
Kevin K - 3,015 Looking good!



** In case this doesn't make sense cuz the cultural meme didn't make it across the pond. Here's what I mean...

[damselfly]

May Day, May Day!! Those wily Canadians have passed us again, and are in the lead by a stinkin' 26,561 meters!! What an affront!! Are we going to take this sitting down? (Well, yes, cuz you can't row standing up...) ROW TEAM, ROW!!! 20 of 74 members (27%) logged 250,495 total meters Thursday!

Posted Meters:
Rusty A - 10,598
Barbara B - 5,479
Mark E - 19,550
Brad G - 5,000
Yisroel H - 21,420

Andy I - 15,729
Kyle J - 25,000
Kevin K - 3,015
Mike M - 10,000
Adam M - 8,000

Jesper N - 5,000
Tyrone P - 35,000
Job R - 4,359
Cindy R - 6,461
Jonathan R - 11,000

Daiva S - 4,000
John S - 7,822
Lee W - 12,634
Margaret W - 15,080
David W - 25,348



Challenge Goals - Day 24 of 31 (77.4%):
Pat M - 108,743 of 100,000 (108.7%)
Dale C - 322,815 of 300,000 (107.6%)
Jonathan R - 250,244 of 250,000 (100.1%)
Tara V - 94,476 of 100,000 (94.5%)
Andy I - 350,989 of 400,000 (87.7%)
Adam M - 216,733 of 250,000 (86.7%)
Kyle J - 430,000 of 500,000 (86.0%)
Mark S - 85,737 of 100,000 (85.7%)
Cindy R - 92,693 of 110,000 (84.3%)

David W - 593,913 of 800,000 (74.2%)
Jim C - 278,000 of 375,000 (74.1%)
Amanda G - 109,114 of 150,000 (72.7%)
Brent C - 72,243 of 100,000 (72.2%)
Ron M - 144,151 of 200,000 (72.1%)
Rachel B - 68,181 of 100,000 (68.2%)
Mark E - 160,917 of 250,000 (64.4%)
Margaret W - 96,165 of 150,000 (64.1%)
Mike M - 125,556 of 200,000 (62.8%)
Yisroel H - 180,914 of 300,000 (60.3%)
Lisa H - 140,876 of 250,000 (56.4%)
Jamie B - 167,035 of 300,000 (55.7%)
Heather R - 66,000 of 150,000 (44.0%)
Deb J - 19,789 of 50,000 (39.6%)
Bernie J - 28,872 of 75,000 (38.5%)


Milestones achieved:
Andy blasted 350K, Tyrone bashed 300K, Lee and Jonathan mastered 250K,and Mark bested 150K!!

[Izzzmeister]

May Day, May Day!! Those wily Canadians have passed us again, and are in the lead by a stinkin' 26,561 meters!! What an affront!! Are we going to take this sitting down? ...

When I posted my meters this morning, we went from being 4K behind Les Canadiennes to being about 15K ahead. We will need to tap deep reserves of the syrup of human desire to whump them.
Remember, this is the final week to row, ending next Thursday at midnight. We need to have well over 10 MIL by that time!

[Izzzmeister]

I'm doing my congrats in bulk form from here on out. Congrats to ... Izz for telling a joke that was actually funny.

The Law of Averages was on my side - make a few hundred jokes, and you'll likely back into one that's funny!

[damselfly]

So, one fun thing to do if you're a geek, is check out the "suggestions" Google search offers when you type a partial search phrase. Check out what it shows for maple syrup:



"Maple syrup urine disease", you say?

From nih.gov, "Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a metabolism disorder passed down through families in which the body cannot break down certain parts of proteins. Urine in persons with this condition can smell like maple syrup."

Cool.

[Quatroux]

The maple syrup diet seems good.

[Izzzmeister]

The maple syrup diet seems good.

You may not lose any weight, but you won't care!

[The Blacksmith]

Forget the urine problem-what about maple syrup heist??? That deserves serious punishment-possibly even the death penalty!

[damselfly]

Forget the urine problem-what about maple syrup heist??? That deserves serious punishment-possibly even the death penalty!

Nah, it was CANADIAN syrup. I find it funny they have a "global strategic maple syrup reserve" and syrup "cartels".

We MUST beat these people, if only to uphold the principles of capitalism, the free market, and unfettered trade!! We need to give an oar to the "invisible hand of the market" and get it pulling for TimBukTWO!

[The Blacksmith]

OK- I just came up with a mathematical formula to encourage more meters. Here it is- 5 (yes 5) LARGE chocolate chip cookies for breakfast x too much dinner= motivation to do 16,000 meters by 10:30 A.M. thereby encouraging more chocolate chip cookies for later which thereby encourages yet more meters. Give it a try-the only thing to gain is more meters (and don't forget the larger waistline).

[markman]

I just finished a session on the C2 which was enough to get me over my goal of 100k and when I updated my log I noticed that the total team meters for the challenge was 7,999,921. That was too tempting so I got back on the rower and ticked of another 90 meters to take the team total just over 8 million.

[Quatroux]

I took yesterday off. I just wanted to come right out with it before meters were posted. There it is. Now you have it. Zero. That's what I did.

I hate to introduce a moment of seriousness, but my wife underwent emergency heart surgery yesterday. It was minimally invasive and a huge success. There's nothing to get too excited about, but I thought I'd share since we have a virtual connection. I have now shared this with you, but I still would never ask you for money. Boom! See what I did there? I started with serious and then closed with an inside joke.

I PR'd 500m today. It is on my logcard, but forgot what my time was. I'll upload it later. Any PR attempt 2000 meters or less really scrambles my brain. I'm just happy to have gotten to they gym considering that I'm in and out of the hospital day and night plus my first race is only a week away.

[ronmardix]

I hate to introduce a moment of seriousness, but my wife underwent emergency heart surgery yesterday. It was minimally invasive and a huge success. There's nothing to get too excited about, but I thought I'd share since we have a virtual connection. I have now shared this with you, but I still would never ask you for money. Boom! See what I did there? I started with serious and then closed with an inside joke.

Glad to hear all is well with your wife, and here's to a speedy recovery

*sending virtual good juju vibes*