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

[danwho]

Happy Birthday, K2 !!!
Fortunately, I think King Kong managed to save you a piece of pie.
. . .

[Kona2]

Happy Birthday, K2 !!!
Fortunately, I think King Kong managed to save you a piece of pie.
. . .

Ha! As usual, danwho comes through with some sly humor! More pterodactyls ... although that one looks to have met its demise. Shoo fly pie - it's made with those little animal butts (molasses).

[Kona2]

Ah...the cool of the morning....and thing one and thing 2 are busy chasing yard rabbits. And staring longingly up the trees at squirrels.


Safety tethers and stickers: you won't need these while erging....these are all about the bike...


I get a ton of bicycle-related emails, many touting Must Have new gear. In between the fancy frames, wheels and new electronics there are often some inexpensive and simple fixes to things that can pester you while riding (shoo flies not withstanding). Some of our state highways aren't the smoothest ride on a bike, and that bumpiness can bounce your water bottles right out of their cages (this can cause woe for those behind you)...and, in some less fortunate incidents, can bounce your bike Garmin (or similar) off its mount (once spent the better part of an hour helping a friend scour a hillside looking for a GPS that flew off the bike...coyotes in the nearby ravine I'm sure). Never fear, the water bottle incident I can own, but not the loss of electronic gear. Horrors. Still - I did not realize that there is now a safety tether available for some of your electronic bike gear. Pedal the Plains is notorious for use of chip seal roadways, those flat inducing, teeth jarring roadway rides filled with goathead stickers on the side of the road (but communities and a view you can't beat). The tether sounds just the ticket for some gear I'd rather not lose. Just passing along some info folks!

And similarly, sometimes the best solutions are simple. When I load more than one bike on my bike carrier, I often have to lower the seat on at least one of the bikes to get them to fit well on the carrier. After a few miscues of not marking saddle height with a line, then marking it only to discover you can't see the line after a few tries, a quick read of an article this AM says...the Tour de France support crew guys put a sticker to mark the saddle height desired. Who knew?!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

650 K Norma
600 K Minnie
250 K Roy

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

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
AJ 5,017 m
Norma m ...a dance dance boogie palindrome of lucky 7's...
David W 8,000 m
Roy 10,000 m
00-Minnie 11,311 m ...a palindrome...hula hula!
danwho 11,777 m ...a double triple with a tip of the lucky 7s ...
Steve W 14,515 m

[danwho]

Shoo fly pie - it's made with those little animal butts (molasses).

You must be more careful. If they catch you, you'll never be able to sit down again.
(and your erging days will surely be over)

[bg]

Shoo fly pie - it's made with those little animal butts (molasses).

i'll never look at molasses the some way...and i'm a vegetarian :] btw...i enjoyed reading about water bottles and gps.....i remember the pregps days when i'd use dental floss and a map.....precomputers for me too....to figure out my mileage...wayyyyyyyyyyy back when :] hope it's a good birthday k2:)

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop - it's a whole new day! New stuff to explore, meters to erg or walk or run or bike...so many choices! Be careful no matter what you do!




MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


350 K Kevin
150 K Rick
100 K Tom

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us! And welcome back, Ed!


Tony m ... a palindrome! A good day for as the yolk turns...hahaha!
Steve W 2,000 m
Jeff M 2,005 m
Steve G 5,000 m
Tom 5,000 m
Bernie 5,029 m
Rick 6,228 m
Dan O 6,451 m
Patrick H 7,516 m
Kevin 7,637 m
Norma m ...lucky 7 palindrome!
David T 8,000 m
Tim 8,031 m
Ron 9,888 m
Larry 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Roy 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ....a palindrome !
Derric 11,097 m
Peter G 11,526 m
Ian 12,431 m
00-Minnie 12,721 m ...a palindrome!
David A 18,387 m
Tombeur 23,170 m ...he moons us!

[Kona2]

Next up....and SOON !

Summmmmr.....how fleeting! Speaking of fleeting, the neighborhood bunnies better be fleet of foot when Thing 1 and Thing 2 are out and about. I think Richard has the right idea of the view from Corky's perspective...I haven't yet hooked up a GoPro to a pup. I guess if you have a remote start on the thing...it could provide quite the scene as you rush through the tall grasses in search of cotton tails...or birds....or wait...that was just a piece of paper but IT LOOKED SO REAL and alive...coming soon to you...the less secret life of pets...

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.75 MM Ed
900 K David A
650 K Ron
600 K Dan O'
250 K Ian
200 K Derric
150 K Patrick S
50 K Melissa

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

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Steve W 2,000 m
Tim 3,000 m
Jeff M 3,015 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Patrick H 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,115 m ...a high five bookended palindrome!
Patrick S 6,085 m
Ian 8,005 m
David T 9,000 m
Ron 9,009 m ...a palindrome!
Derric 10,000 m
William H 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
Jane 10,101 m ....a one aught palindrome because one ought!
Dan O' 10,868 m
David A 11,232 m
00-Minnie 11,669 m ...a double double nine from agent 009...
Norma 17,771 m ...lucky sevens inside this palindrome! Gooooo Shaun...!
Louis 18,000 m

[danwho]

Saw this article about indoor rowing at the World Games in Poland.
http://www.worldrowing.com/news/indoor- ... one-faster

[Kona2]

Stats will mysteriously appear in a couple hours. Busy!

[bg]

Saw this article about indoor rowing at the World Games in Poland.
http://www.worldrowing.com/news/indoor- ... one-faster

wow!!!!! and i hope that is a good busy, k2...

[Kona2]

WOWZER...you have all been busy, busy at the erg! Good work, Lunies! I have guests, and this has thrown my routine off quite a bit ! All will return to "normal" in a few days. Hahaha... Ab-normal.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


800 K Jane
750 K bg
700 K Louis
700 K Norma
650 K Minnie
600 K Tombeur
400 K David T
200 K David W
50 K Kellee

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


Karyn 1,100 m ....she's signed on!
E V 1,226 m
Jeff M 2,010 m
Tony m ...twosies!
Debbie 3,026 m
Rebecca 4,334 m ...a palindrome!
Melissa 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Tim 6,000 m
Rick 6,073 m
Donna 7,011 m ... there is a roll of the dice in her future...
Kevin 7,722 m ...a double double!
Ron 9,019 m
Patrick H 10,000 m
AJ 10,052 m
Larry 11,000 m
Jonathan 11,007 m
danwho 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
Doug G 11,148 m
David A 11,257 m
Ian 12,348 m
David T 12,500 m
bg 15,675 m
David W 16,390 m
Kellee 17,000 m
Richard McC 17,183 m
Norma 25,548 m ...hmmm...there are palindromes in there almost certainly...but what were they?!
Louis 18,000 m
Dan O 19,248 m
Steve W 21,126 m
Jane 21,212 m ....a palindrome!
00-Minnie m ...more twosies from double aught herself...
Ed 30,003 m ...a palindrome!
Tombeur 34,685 m
Tom R 41,777 m

Rock on, Lunies and keep the faith! All will be ok.

[Tombeur]

WOWZER...you have all been busy, busy at the erg! Good work, Lunies! I have guests, and this has thrown my routine off quite a bit ! All will return to "normal" in a few days. Hahaha... Ab-normal.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


800 K Jane
750 K bg
700 K Louis
700 K Norma
650 K Minnie
600 K Tombeur
400 K David T
200 K David W
50 K Kellee

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


Karyn 1,100 m ....she's signed on!
E V 1,226 m
Jeff M 2,010 m
Tony m ...twosies!
Debbie 3,026 m
Rebecca 4,334 m ...a palindrome!
Melissa 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Tim 6,000 m
Rick 6,073 m
Donna 7,011 m ... there is a roll of the dice in her future...
Kevin 7,722 m ...a double double!
Ron 9,019 m
Patrick H 10,000 m
AJ 10,052 m
Larry 11,000 m
Jonathan 11,007 m
danwho 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
Doug G 11,148 m
David A 11,257 m
Ian 12,348 m
David T 12,500 m
bg 15,675 m
David W 16,390 m
Kellee 17,000 m
Richard McC 17,183 m
Norma 25,548 m ...hmmm...there are palindromes in there almost certainly...but what were they?!
Louis 18,000 m
Dan O 19,248 m
Steve W 21,126 m
Jane 21,212 m ....a palindrome!
00-Minnie m ...more twosies from double aught herself...
Ed 30,003 m ...a palindrome!
Tombeur 34,685 m
Tom R 41,777 m

Rock on, Lunies and keep the faith! All will be ok.

Is it true that aggregate lifetime meters don't qualify for milestone status--in particular 20,000,000?

[normadelaney]

Norma 25,548 m ...hmmm...there are palindromes in there almost certainly...but what were they?!

More lucky 7s: 7,777 m and 17,771 m.
Feel better soon, Richard!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Thomas R has a SPORTS bag prize headed his way! Congratulations on achieving a milestone, and joining an elite group of rowers who have met this milestone, Tombeur! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations! Well done!!

And as to the gentle prompt:

Is it true that aggregate lifetime meters don't qualify for milestone status--in particular 20,000,000?

Surprisingly, it IS TRUE that some meters are more qualified as lifetime meters than others : on-the-water meters, for example, will count towards an annual meters tally - but NOT towards lifetime meters), they do all stack up together in the same meter piggy bank if they were ever listed as lifetime meters. Your last meter piggy bank deposit cleared the 20 million hurdles - and hooboy! That must have been an awesome moment to see the erg odometer dial flipping over to TWENTY plus!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

20 MM Tombeur

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

Patrick H 5,000 m
Melissa 5,009 m
bg 10,601 m

Numbers were captured so late yesterday that there were often two-fers in there that would have normally been reported today. Ah normalcy....where are you?! My capacity to tolerate chaos must be diminishing....hahaha!

Have fun today whatever you do!