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

[Thor MW]

Stargazer (Norma)


Woohoo for Norma! Congratulations on attaining the coveted flashing red harness! Well done! You worked extra hard for this!

Wow! way to go row sis!!!!

[Kona2]

Happy birthday dearest Kristine
and many mooooooore.
From the Thoooooor
Ok, I'm done singing now.

I could almost hear the guitar.....thanks for adding the fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_P-YwDX2ps

[bg]

happy birthday captain k :]

[Thor MW]

Happy birthday dearest Kristine
and many mooooooore.
From the Thoooooor
Ok, I'm done singing now.

I could almost hear the guitar.....thanks for adding the fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_P-YwDX2ps

Oh man, I was scared there for a moment. I thought it was a link to a song I wrote and posted on youtube. The singing is bad as I did it in a hurry for some friends of mine. It is a safe link though, not me singing. haha.

[Shabana]

Hi all,
I needed a team to help keep me motivated through January, and started to look around but came across you Looneys early on, and could not skip a group that celebrates numbers the way you do, half my motivation is to keep going until the number on the PM3 is a 'special' one.

I just took up erging again, have a lot of kgs to work off and fitness to regain. I hope you don't mind me doing it with the LUNA-TICS.

Merry Christmas to All,
Andrew

[normadelaney]

And speaking of lights, the Winter Solstice is upon us. ...but did you know about Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland or Maeshowe in Scotland? In both Newgrange and Maeshowe, in the days surrounding the Winter Solstice the winter sun strikes a roof box (at least in Newgrange) and illuminates a passage into the tomb or cairn. Art imitates life?

We visited Newgrange before our Ireland hiking trip in June. Very cool! If you're not there during the Winter Solstice, they simulate the effect with lighting.

[Thor MW]

Hi all,
I needed a team to help keep me motivated through January, and started to look around but came across you Looneys early on, and could not skip a group that celebrates numbers the way you do, half my motivation is to keep going until the number on the PM3 is a 'special' one.

I just took up erging again, have a lot of kgs to work off and fitness to regain. I hope you don't mind me doing it with the LUNA-TICS.

Merry Christmas to All,
Andrew

Hey Andrew, welcome and have a good time rowing with the Lunes. A great bunch here, fun, supportive and are always willing to offer up advice when needed. I know these wonderful folks have helped me reach goals I wouldn't have done without them.
Keep on rock'n

[Kona2]

Welcome, Andrew! It's not often that a teammate achieves a fully blinged out reindeer as a "rookie"....but with over 600K in Holiday Challenge meters, you've gotten the reindeer named at 100K, the antler lights at 200K, the flashing harness at 300K, the tail wag (also know as the swagger) at 400K and the ear wag at 500K. Seems appropriate that this new reindeer who has zoomed up to such an achievement level from the get go, should get the reindeer name of Buzz Lightyear....and, in a strange, there are no coincidences moment...this reindeer Buzz is claimed by Andrew. I have twin nephews that are Buzz and Andrew....



Buzz Lightyear (Andrew)

And more reindeer bling! Congratulations to Louis, Dan O', Minnie and Greg on earning their Concept2 challenge pin, at least $6 in donations, and their antler lights!


Mata (Minnie)


Andromeda (Greg H)


Hercules (Louis)


Buster (Dan O')

[Kona2]

Winter heralded in today here with balmy Chinook winds.....and with just FOUR days left to drop the Holiday Challenge meters into Concept2's donation bucket....the chances of a white Christmas might initially seem diminished. But wait! The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has a probability map for those dreaming of a white Christmas... and there is some debate amongst snow on Christmas aficionados as to whether that means snow on the ground or snow actually falling... https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/historic ... -christmas Historically, Denver has a 14% chance of snow actually falling and 38% chance that snow will be on the ground...I'm betting that my reindeer will be enjoying some falling snow!

Overall, there is less than $5K in meter generated donations remaining to achieve the Concept2 goal. Excitement builds in the charitable foundations who are to be the recipients!



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.6 MM Ed
2.55 MM Tombeur
2.3 MM Steve W
1.7 MM Louis
1.15 MM Norma
800 K Kevin
700 K Andrew S
500 K Jane ...a cool half million
450 K Tom M
400 K Melissa
250 K Teresa R
200 K Greg H
50 K Katie



These reindeer must be skipping flight school today...
Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Jay R 2,115 m
William C 3,607 m
David T 4,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Bernie 5,019 m
Tom M 5,267 m
Larry 6,035 m
Rick 6,206 m
Jonas 7,069 m
Dan O' 7,381 m
Teresa R 7,520 m
Melissa 9,000 m
Minnie 9,008 m....SO close to a palindrome!
Patrick Hsr 9,500 m
Matthew R 10,000 m
Greg H 10,002 m
Howard 10,331 m
Will S 10,715 m
danwho 11,011 m ....whew...a palindrome!
Norma 11,111 m ....another palindrome! We're on a roll!
Andrea 11,284 m
Jeff M 11,538 m
Ron 12,821 m ...a palindrome!
Jane 13,531 m ...a palindrome!
bg 13,571 m
Tombeur 15,217 m
Katie 18,000 m
K2 18,381 m ...a palindrome!
David A 18,821 m ..the regional bicycle trek must be finished! How was it?!
Louis 21,164 m
Kevin 24,939 m
Ed 33,333 m ..a palindrome!

[bg]

Hi all,
I needed a team to help keep me motivated through January, and started to look around but came across you Looneys early on, and could not skip a group that celebrates numbers the way you do, half my motivation is to keep going until the number on the PM3 is a 'special' one.

I just took up erging again, have a lot of kgs to work off and fitness to regain. I hope you don't mind me doing it with the LUNA-TICS.

Merry Christmas to All,
Andrew

welcome :]

[danwho]

Hi all,
I needed a team to help keep me motivated through January, and started to look around but came across you Looneys early on, and could not skip a group that celebrates numbers the way you do, half my motivation is to keep going until the number on the PM3 is a 'special' one.

I just took up erging again, have a lot of kgs to work off and fitness to regain. I hope you don't mind me doing it with the LUNA-TICS.

Merry Christmas to All,
Andrew

... And already over 600K in the Holiday Challenge.
I think Shabana must be a magic word.
Welcome Andrew (Buzz Lightyear) !!!

[Tombeur]

Hi all,
I needed a team to help keep me motivated through January, and started to look around but came across you Looneys early on, and could not skip a group that celebrates numbers the way you do, half my motivation is to keep going until the number on the PM3 is a 'special' one.

I just took up erging again, have a lot of kgs to work off and fitness to regain. I hope you don't mind me doing it with the LUNA-TICS.

Merry Christmas to All,
Andrew

... And already over 600K in the Holiday Challenge.
I think Shabana must be a magic word.
Welcome Andrew (Buzz Lightyear) !!!

Welcome Shabana. I see from your total holiday meters you are not wasting any time getting back into shape. You have picked the right affiliation. You will not find an equally or more imaginative and fun loving group to take some of the sting out of rowing all these meters--a task, it should be remembered, the Romans relegated to prisoners.

[Shabana]

Hi all,
I needed a team to help keep me motivated through January, and started to look around but came across you Looneys early on, and could not skip a group that celebrates numbers the way you do, half my motivation is to keep going until the number on the PM3 is a 'special' one.

I just took up erging again, have a lot of kgs to work off and fitness to regain. I hope you don't mind me doing it with the LUNA-TICS.

Merry Christmas to All,
Andrew

... And already over 600K in the Holiday Challenge.
I think Shabana must be a magic word.
Welcome Andrew (Buzz Lightyear) !!!

Welcome Shabana. I see from your total holiday meters you are not wasting any time getting back into shape. You have picked the right affiliation. You will not find an equally or more imaginative and fun loving group to take some of the sting out of rowing all these meters--a task, it should be remembered, the Romans relegated to prisoners.

Thank you all for your kind welcome. The holiday challenge has been an extra special effort on my part, at the start my goal was to row around 10k every second day, but somehow that has escalated a little out of control. I hope to find a happy, sustainable medium next year, my b**t hurts so much!

Who am I kidding? "To Infinity and Beyond!"

[Kona2]

Who am I kidding? "To Infinity and Beyond!"

And he doesn't even know about the Bathtub Brigade yet.....the Virtual Team Challenge is just around the corner...and it brings SO MANY new opportunities...

[Kona2]

45 Lunie Reindeer !

With less than 72 hours (more dramatic sounding than 3 days) to go, reindeer are stomping to get a move on....and you better, too, if you're going to light the way and join the herd! Tick tock tick tock! And while that's not the crocodile we hear, it is true that time is being eaten away!

Meanwhile....trying to find some of the presents that I have stashed away throughout the last couple of months is proving to be difficult. Yikes...

Today's new reindeer are:


Astro (Ian)


Jupiter (Jonas)


Apollo (Rick)

The antler lights go to:


Rocket (Stefan)

And the coveted flashing harness for 300K goes to:


Donner (Will S)

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.1 MM bg
900 K Will S
800 K Jeff M
750 K Andrew
450 K Ted
400 K Ian
300 K Patrick Hmr
250 K Chuck B

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Sorin 3,012 m
Jay R 3,452 m
Dan O' 4,256 m
Janice 4,832 m
Chuck E 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Bernie 5,021 m
Stefan 6,122 m
David A 6,252 m
Rick 6,370 m
Tom M 6,561 m
Timo 6,834 m
Kevin 7,200 m
Jonas 7,610 m
David T 8,000 m
Andrea 8,541 m
Jane 8,558 m ...a palindrome with a high five center!
Patrick Hsr 9,605 m
K2 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Will S 10,000 m
Ian 10,003 m
Chip 10,034 m
Howard 10,213 m
Katie 10,420 m
danwho 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
bg 11,338 m ...a double double eight...which is different than the above...but close!
Patrick Hmr 12,230 m
Minnie 12,721 m ...hula hula! A palindrome!
Ron 13,031 m ...a palindrome of lucky 13!
Jeff M 13,942 m
Tombeur 14,755 m ....and less than 5K from swagger!
Stuart 16,161 m ...a palindrome!
Peter G 17,079 m
Sharon 19,766 m
Ted 24,000 m
Andrew 25,052 m ...getting right into the swing of things with a palindrome!
Chuck B 26,924 m
Ed 33,333 m ... a seasonal palindrome!