LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

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Hercules (Louis)


And it's another $2 earned....for reindeer number 32!!

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Titan (Tim M)

Tim's claiming of Titan makes for 33 reindeer....and another $ 2 !

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Day 18 of 32....tick tock....



Snort. Sometimes you have to go with less decorum and more adolescent humor. Fortunately, Dave Coverley of Speedbump fame agrees.


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.2 MM Ed
2.2 MM Dan O'
1.1 MM danwho
700 K Gary
450 K Salvador
450 K Howard
150 K Teresa R
100 K Wild Bill

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

ATX33 1,676 m
Stefan 5,023 m
K2 5,045 m
Kevin 6,430 m
Andrea 6,450 m
David T 6,500 m
Todd 7,131 m
Tim M 7,311 m
William H 7,373 m ...a double double!
Jane 7,557 m ...lucky 7's bookend this high-fives-in-the-middle palindrome!
Keith 8,000 m
Teresa R 8,031 m
Peter H 8,888 m ...a special 8s palindrome!
Chuck E 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Howard 10,027 m
Ron 10,101 m ...a one aught palindrome!
James S 11,000 m
danwho 11,111 m ...a singular palindrome...repeated...
Patrick S 11,550 m
Wild Bill 12,756 m
Stuart 12,888 m
Tombeur 13,226 m
Doug 15,050 m
Dennis 15,051 m ...an embigerated palindrome!
Steve W 15,185 m
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7s tucked inside!
Dan O' 18,022 m
Derric 21,097 m ....a consistent mooner!
Gary 33,613 m ...he moons us, too!
Salvador 42,194 m ...a pair of moons! And since two halves make a whole...
Ed 42,195 m ...a full moon

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Winter (Todd)

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But wait....there's a story that goes with this reindeer!

Falling Star (danwho)

The Wickwar Brewing Company is quite real. Located in the Cotswold village of Wickwar, UK, it's surrounded by rolling countryside and says of its products "tall stories from the tall glass."

The Falling Star product is nicknamed The Astronomer. Here's the story from their website:

"THE TALE OF THE FALLING STAR
Established in the 1800’s, Wickwar Wessex Brewery is part of Wessex folklore. Stories abound, telling tall tales of our beer & how they came into being. Take Falling Star, a smooth & fruity ale; they say that 214 million years ago a meteorite crashed into the site on which our brewery now stands. Some say the stardust made its way into the water table and that’s why our beer tastes out of this world.

We don’t know the truth, but we do know that fables should be told over a pint." https://wickwarbrewing.com/falling-star

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Vixen (Derric)

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and what a great bunch of meters Tombeur has accumulated in his meter piggy bank! Congratulations on achieving a TWO million meter 2018 erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!

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Day 19 of 32....

Busy, busy, busy! Reindeer meters everywhere! Good work Lunies! We're earning a LOT of Concept2 charity $$$ ! And reindeer bling!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.1 MM Steve W
2.0 MM Tombeur
1.9 MM Minnie
1.45 MM Norma
1.2 MM Ian B
950 K Ken G
500 K Salvador....a cool half million!
450 K Patrick H
400 K Robert H
250 K Greg H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
David T 4,000 m
Andrea 4,282 m
Patrick H 5,000 m
Roy 5,000 m
Virginia 5,000 m
Bernie 5,029 m
Larry 5,351 m
ATX33 5,715 m
Louis 6,000 m
Sorin 6,027 m
David W 8,000 m
Peter H 8,888 m ...a palindrome!
Keith 10,000 m
Greg H 10,007 m
Howard 10,044 m
Ron 10,201 m ...a palindrome!
K2 10,376 m
Todd 11,000 m
danwho 11,111 m ...a palindrome!
Tombeur 12,425 m
Stuart 12,888 m
Doug 15,279 m
Norma 15,551 m ...a palindrome with some high fives in the middle!
David A 15,716 m
Dan O' 15,902 m
Minnie 18,254 m
Derric 21,097 m .. he moons us!
Wild Bill 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Sarah 21,250 m ... she moons us, too!
Ian B 21,282 m ... he moons us, too!
Robert H 25,000 m ...he moons us!
Steve W 26,431 m .. he moons us!
Salvador 38,641 m ... he moons us!
Ken G 41,001 m ... moon fever!
Ed 42,195 m ... he moons us!

[danwho]

But wait....there's a story that goes with this reindeer!

Falling Star (danwho)

The Wickwar Brewing Company is quite real. Located in the Cotswold village of Wickwar, UK, it's surrounded by rolling countryside and says of its products "tall stories from the tall glass."

The Falling Star product is nicknamed The Astronomer. Here's the story from their website:

"THE TALE OF THE FALLING STAR
Established in the 1800’s, Wickwar Wessex Brewery is part of Wessex folklore. Stories abound, telling tall tales of our beer & how they came into being. Take Falling Star, a smooth & fruity ale; they say that 214 million years ago a meteorite crashed into the site on which our brewery now stands. Some say the stardust made its way into the water table and that’s why our beer tastes out of this world.

We don’t know the truth, but we do know that fables should be told over a pint." https://wickwarbrewing.com/falling-star

So there I was... rowing as hard as I could but it didn't seem like anything I was doing would get my erg out of the path of that meteorite... when POW... and then, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh filled with pints of space beer.
Great name, thanks.
(No stranger to tall tales)

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and what a great bunch of meters Tombeur has accumulated in his meter piggy bank! Congratulations on achieving a TWO million meter 2018 erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!

woooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooo and congrats :]

[Kona2]

So there I was... rowing as hard as I could but it didn't seem like anything I was doing would get my erg out of the path of that meteorite... when POW... and then, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh filled with pints of space beer.
Great name, thanks.
(No stranger to tall tales)

... pints of space beer....snort....

[Kona2]

Jedi (Remon)

And another $2 USD earned!

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Astro (Ian B )


Cupid (Keith)

Well done, gents! You've earned at least $6 !

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Day 20 of 32....

The erging days just blend one to another! Or maybe it's the days that are blending, but not necessarily the erging?! Keep cranking...you're going to make it !!

37 Lunie reindeer! And at least 11 on track for earning a reindeer!

Last year, in case you're wondering, we had 50 reindeer. I don't think we'll eclipse that number this year, but would love to be wrong! Erging is a seasonally variable thing - some move on to other exercise formats for awhile, and then they come back ... or not. We are delighted that we have so many on the roster, and hope that being part of the team is helping everyone reach their exercise goals in a more painfree way.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.25 MM Ed
1.6 MM Derric
1.45 MM Keith
1.35 MM bg
1.05 MM Ron
700 K Patrick S
650 K Tom M
250 K Remon
150 K david w (GBR)
150 K Chuck E

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

ATX33 857 m
Gines 3,593 m
Ross 4,580 m
Collin 5,000 m
Patrick H 5,000 m
Kevin 5,146 m
Mikkel 6,000 m
Rick 6,276 m
David T 6,500 m
FRiC 6,644 m... a double double
Todd 7,450 m
Tim M 7,485 m
Teresa R 7,750 m
Ron 9...8...7...6 ....yep, countdown mode! Less than 2 weeks to go!
david w (GBR) 9,994 m
Louis 10,000 m
Greg H 10,003 m
bg 10,100 m
Norma 10,101 m ...a palindome!
Richard McC 11,043 m
Tom M 11,600 m
Tombeur 12,223 m ...a version of 1.2..3..
David A 12,341 m ...another version of 1..2..3...4...
Jonathan 12,528 m
Wild Bill 13,268 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Chuck B 13,591 m
Chuck E 15,000 m
Stuart 16,161 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 18,335 m
Dan O 21,034 m
Derric 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Patrick S 21,132 m.. he moons us!
Remon 21,211 m ... he moons us!
Ian B 22,617 m ... he moons us!
Keith 27,000 m ... he moons us!
Gary 32,112 m ... he moons us!
Ed 33,333 m ...a threesie palindrome AND he moons us!

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Sarah 21,250 m ... she moons us, too!

I have to admit, this was actually 2 days worth of rowing! We went to see The Nutcracker on Saturday evening (I'm a former dancer so seeing The Nutcracker every years is one of my FAVORITE Christmas activities). I managed to row when we got home, but went to bed without uploading. On Sunday, I rowed and uploaded both days together.

I'm still aiming to get my 200k (and my pin!)

Congrats to all the recent reindeer and other milestones! You all are a great inspiration to me!