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

[Kona2]

You're seventeen days too early for the shamrocks. I don't know if you know how much that upsets the Welsh & Irish folks - today is St. David's - the patron saint of Wales. Usually celebrated with a daffodil and a leek.

Hahaha! Well Citroen, you've followed the Concept2 Forum for a really long time...we use the Shamrocks to designate a 5K contribution to the Challenge...whatever day they occur in March. Somehow a dollup of mud just looks like a puppy landmine...so we go for more color. Thanks for popping in to the forum pages!

Btw, I grow shamrocks year round!

[Kona2]

Day 1 of the new challenge, 15k down.....

Whoa. That might be worth BOTH a shamrock and a pot of gold!

[just27]

You're seventeen days too early for the shamrocks. I don't know if you know how much that upsets the Welsh & Irish folks - today is St. David's - the patron saint of Wales. Usually celebrated with a daffodil and a leek.

Happy Saint David's Day, indeed. But, can you spell the name of that North Wales train station, without looking it up? I get as far as Llanfairpwll ... ...

[Kona2]

Daffodils are good.

Hula hula! Minnie has been doing some good research (the lure of travel strikes again!)...and true to form coming up with a spelling bee word so long that you might have to pause and take in some more air during its recitation....whew. Nothing like a March hare bunny trail!

From Google and Wiki: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (lan-vire-pool-guin-gith-go-ger-u-queern-drob-ooth-clandus-ilio-gogo-goch) is a Welsh word which translates roughly as "St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave". The name was coined as a publicity gimmick in the 1860s by concatenating the names of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll ("St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel"), the nearby hamlet of Llantysilio Gogogoch ("the church of St Tysilio of the red cave"), and the chwyrn drobwll ("rapid whirlpool") between them.

concatenating - the action of linking things together in a series. There will be a spelling test later this week. Memorization is good for the brain.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.9 MM Ed
2.85 MM David A
2.85 MM Ken
2.3 MM Louis
1.7 MM bg
1.4 MM Dan O'
700 K Jane
600 K Larry
300 K Mark



Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome !
William H 2,000 m
Tom M 3,500 m
Ian 4,000 m
Patrick S 4,204 m

Larry 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Jeff M 5,022 m
Steve G 5,285 m
Steve W 5,351 m
Rick 6,177 m
danwho 6,996 m ....a palindrome of a different sort...
David T 7,500 m
AJ 8,016 m
david w 9,644 m


Danno 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Jeff G 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
David A 10,010 m
Noel 10,029 m
Andrew 10,101 m ..a palindrome!
Jane 10,101 m ... a palindrome!
K2 10,101 m ... a palindrome!
Norma 10,101 m ... a palindrome!
Jonas 10,151 m
Janice 10,567 m
Dan O' 11,015 m
Thor 11,053 m
Howard 11,332 m
12,521 m ...a hula hula palindrome!
Ron 14,141 m ...a palindrome!



Mark 15,000 m ...a twofer!
Mikkel 15,174 m
Stuart 16,161 m ... a palindrome!
Virginia 20,000 m
bg 22,238 m
Louis 23,337 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome!
Ken 197,100 m ...emptying the meter vault (which was clearly overflowing!)

[Kona2]

Day 3 or 4 of 31 (hemisphere dependent)...

Mud season appeals to us! In fact, for the Erging Universe, there are 5,600 participants currently. It is only day 3 (or 4), and there will be a big drop off as the Challenge continues. Plan your "no erging days" carefully to give yourself the opportunity to complete the Challenge of 25 out of 31 days.

There are 50 Lunies making progress in the Challenge! Will you be a Challenge winner?! Can you stay the course!? We've had one, and sometimes two, lucky teammates almost every year! Here's a link to the winners chosen so far:
http://log.concept2.com/challenges/mud- ... 17/winners

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.95 MM Ed
1.4 MM Virginia
50 K Jeff G



Tony 1,111 m ... a palindrome!
Chris W 3,014 m
Collin 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Bernie 5,013 m
Jeff M 5,030 m
Jeff D 5,155 m
Steve G 5,377 m
Jane 5,555 m ...a high five palindrome!
Rick 6,199 m
Danno 6,251 m
Tombeur 6,549 m
David T 7,500 m
Chip 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Will S 10,013 m
Jeff G 10,015 m
Peter T 10,020 m
David A 10,024 m
Noel 10,025 m
Andrew 10,101 m ...a palindrome!
Norma 10,101 m ...a palindrome!
K2 10,201 m ...a palindrome!
Doug 10,307 m
Jonathan 11,005 m
Patrick S 11,156 m
Howard 11,412 m
Paul 12,142 m
Mark 12,853 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Dan O' 14,731 m
Ron 16,661 m ..a palindrome!
Ed 33,333 m ... a palindrome!
Howard H 49,707 m ...welcome!

[DGently]

Another Howard, good to see.

[Kona2]

Have an almost all day meeting - have captured stats - will post later today.

[bg]

Have an almost all day meeting - have captured stats - will post later today.

on a saturday??? that doesn't seem fair...is there good food involved???

[just27]

Have an almost all day meeting - have captured stats - will post later today.

on a saturday??? that doesn't seem fair...is there good food involved???

Maybe something involving marshmallow fluff, you're thinking?
Saturday? I'm with Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey ... "what is a weekend?"

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to knock down another milestone! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

It was the annual meeting of the Colorado Womens' Golf Association...held on a Saturday so that attendees didn't have to take a day off.

Madness....simply Mudness Madness....Day 4 or 5 of 31! Can you stay the course!

Meanwhile, there are 53 Lunies on the Progress Board for the Mudness Madness Challenge, and two thirds (36) of our Lunie contestants are in at the 10K a day level! Wowzer! There are OVER 7,100 participants in the Erging Universe and 2,700 of them are participating at the 10K a day level. The Erging Universe has so many more people (and that is such a good thing!) in it these days. In years past, we might have seen 2000 or 2500 people participating...to be almost THREE times that level...is amazing. If someone knows where to see how many people are in the 2017 Erging Community, please advise. I don't know where to see that info with the new redesign. Personally, I hope Concept2 sells a whole BUNCH of new erging machines and that lots of gyms get new ones. Those black Concept2 rowing machines look pretty fancy....this is how it begins....

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.0 MM Ron
1.6 MM Norma
1.1 MM AJ
600 K Chip
350 K Peter T
200 K FRiC...an interesting name...welcome!



Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome...first in a long line of palindromes!
William H 2,000 m
Andre 5,000 m
Collin 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
AJ 5,018 m
Jeff M 5,018 m
Dan O' 5,313 m
Jane 5,555 m ...high five palindrome!
Thor 6,213 m
Rick 6,272 m
Minnie 6,555 m
Tombeur 6,619 m
Jeff G 8,008 m ...a special eights palindrome!
Chip 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Janice 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Peter T 10,019 m
Larry 10,078 m
Norma 10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome! Giving her a devil of a total of 1,606,666 m ....that's pure bedevilment...
Noel 10,114 m
K2 10,301 m ...a palindrome!
Howard 11,411 m ..a palindrome!
Mark 13,058 m ...moving up the meter ladder!
bg 15,043 m
Ron 16,761 m ...a palindrome to cross TWO million!
David A 22,347 m and he moons us!
Ed 42,195 m ...and he moons us...again!

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and way to knock down another milestone! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!

Way to rockem Do Ron Ron.

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and way to knock down another milestone! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!

wooooooo hooooooooo and congrats :]

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and what an amazing streak of milestones! Ed's generating his own celebration party just about every week with his additions to his meter vault! Guessing that he will have generated enough meters by June for the around the equator milestone (that I think only David A and Richard T can claim at the moment). Congratulations, Ed, on achieving an EIGHT million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones! And we thought he was taking more time for golf...

[Kona2]

Day 5 or 6 (hemisphere dependent) of 31...

And now...for a bit of fun...came across this list of "What's YOUR Leprechaun Name?" and naturally (naturally!) had to apply it to our stats report for the day...some of the combos that were created ....snort! Better check my work...mistakes can happen when translating...



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.0 MM Ed
2.65 MM Thor
1.2 MM Howard
1.2 MM Danno
1.2 MM Kevin
750 K Dennis
450 K Noel




Stumpy McFeverish 1,111 m ...a palindrome! (Tony)
Toadstool O'Knuckles 2,505 m (Jeff G)
Goldie McSpud 3,063 m (Chris W)
Sprinkles McDoodles 5,000 m (Melissa)
Warty McCoppertop 5,555 m ...a high five palindrome! (Jane)
Goldie McKnob 6,617 m (Tombeur)
Bunyon O'Shivers 8,500 m (David T)
Goldie McMuffin 10,000 m (Chip)
Rusty O'Rainbow 10,000 m ... (Danno)
Greenie McSmelly 10,000 m (Kevin)
Stumpy O'Blaze 10,000 m (Larry)
Goldie McFearsome 10,000 m (Louis)
Sprinkles McMuffin 10,000 m (Norma)
Thunderous McDoodles 10,000 m (Patrick Hsr)
Bunyon O'Rainbow 10,001 m ...a palindrome! (Ed)
Wooly McDoodles 10,006 m (Greg)
Warty McWoozy 10,009 m (Janice)
Toadstool McSmelly 10,033 m (Jeff M)
Tater O'Rainbow 10,036 m (Noel)
Dizzy McWoozy 10,101 m ...a palindrome! (Andrew)
Tater McSpud 10,198 m ...Mighty Thor could have been Stumpy O'Shivers...(Thor)
Greenie McWoozy 10,401 m ...a palindrome from start to finish! (K2)...which could have been Thunderous McTaverns...
Bunyon O'Bourbon 11,303 m (Howard)
Goldie McMuffin 13,431 m ...a palindrome! (Dennis)
Thunderous O'Wobbles 13,472 m (Mark)
Greenie McSmelly 14,841 m ... a palindrome! (Ron)
Greenie O'Gingerly 18,022 m (Dan O')

And bg....you would be Daffodil O'Knuckles or Sprinkles O'Knuckles if we're using your given name....
Minnie ...aka Chris...Goldie O'Shivers if you're Chris