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

[acrewer]

Yes, Goal of 1.5 million reached.

Goal of maintaining sanity...not so sure,

Glad to be aboard this luny-ship, to the moon Alice, to the MOON! (not only is my better half a big Jackie Gleason fan, his first name happens to be Ralph!)

Gina

[Dave_H]

Hi Looney's,

Another lost sheep returning to the fold... shoulder issues and specialists instructions have "stopped" me from erging much at all, and PC issues have meant that todays post of 20k is actually multiple sessions from the last couple of weeks in a minor catch-up. (I know my injury is paltry compared to "Lefty's", however my motivation to replicate his effort with the harness was not strong enough! That plus I kept thinking it would only be another day or two before I am OK to go again... )
The shoulder is still not perfect, however I am told it should behave as I ramp up to normal activity again. 18 days to make my season's 3 million meter goal... that is going to be a steep ramp methinks!
Wild Bill... strangely whilst I erged away this morning I was thinking of you, and had decided to send a PM to see if a bit of encouragement could get you back on the seat. I hadn't logged in for a while, so I was thrilled to see your message - and trust that whatever the reason for the absence you are back in control! Welcome home! (We just need Kiba to sort out her connection issues and this space ship will hit even more amazing speeds!)

Finally, I know that plenty of milestones have rolled over within the team since my last post, so congrats to all... special mention to K2's 2 million meter season!

And...

Heres to a big finish to achieve our 100 million meter team season!!

Cheers,
Dave

[bg]

wooo hoooo gina and,,,,

welcome back dave......

[Kona2]

Hi Looney's,

Another lost sheep returning to the fold... shoulder issues and specialists instructions have "stopped" me from erging much at all.....The shoulder is still not perfect, however I am told it should behave as I ramp up to normal activity again. 18 days to make my season's 3 million meter goal... that is going to be a steep ramp methinks!
Heres to a big finish to achieve our 100 million meter team season!!

Cheers,
Dave

Sometimes goals have to be revised...especially when injuries intervene! We have 50 days left in the season to work with...and I am pretty sure we'll not only get our 100 million meter season, but we'll get that million meter team average as well (means we need 105 million meters). Glad you are on the mend!

[Toothdoc]

Dave H

Welcome back and a speedy recovery. My Orthopod sent me back to work on a limited basis this week, everything went well. Started working on getting the CK book balance out of the red. Strange what a 7 week vacation does to cash flow. Hoping next friday he will let me erg 2 handed with the damper set on 1 if I promise slow easy rows. I will be 8 weeks post-op then. Seems like yesterday. LOL

DC

[Kona2]

Congratulations to the 27 Luna-Tics on the March Madness Progress Boards!!

Wowzer, mates, the number of rowers hanging on for this Shamrock Challenge is dwindling rapidly...



40 LunaTics registered...starts Monday....

Season meters as of 315/365 = 98,742,763 m 50 rowing days left in the 2010 Season

Total meters on the day = 357,615 m

Oars in space (participation) = 27 percent

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

4.9 MM Barbara
4.4 MM Danno
2.5 MM Dave
800K AJ
700K Kristine

Bart with 60,000 m gets a consecutive red giant
Andre with 27,477 m earns a half moon
Barbara with half marathon/moon #168...and she begins her countdown to her first FIVE million meter season
Minnie with half marathon #212 (we'll ask for her top ten movies at the end of the season)...

FIVE Million Meter Watch: Whew! We've had a fireworks drought!

Barbara with the Boston Marathon on the horizon (Monday, 19 April)...(96,456 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters!

Karon 1,000 m
Tony m
Rowin 4,576 m
MT 5,000 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
AJ 5,584 m
Karyn 6,464 m
Tim 6,596 m
Gina 7,013 m
Steven L 7,211 m
Peter G 8,500 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Kenneth G 10,000 m
Steven D 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Jim 10,000 m
10,000 m
Kristine 10,988 m
Baz 11,926 m
Rich 14,040 m
Darryl 14,414 m Summer's coming and we hear Moose is making new paddles....has to buff out the gator teeth marks from Florida trip I'll bet
Danno 16,118 m
Will S 19,519 m
Dave H 20,000 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 21,204 m
Andre 27,477 m
Bart 60,000 m

Keep your eyes on the sky.....and happy Friday/Saturday!!

[bgolfer]

thanks for the nice picture!
2 'easy' days to come and then fire works with minimum 50k/day for 4 weeks.
and in between golf training of course...

[bg]

thanks for the nice picture!
2 'easy' days to come and then fire works with minimum 50k/day for 4 weeks.
and in between golf training of course...

you are amazing....

[DuluthMoose]

Summer's coming and we hear Moose is making new paddles....has to buff out the gator teeth marks from Florida trip I'll bet

Kona2- Interesting perspective on that paddle photo. I have 3 paddles I'm building in my shop right now and hope to have them all done within a month. One is on consignment; one is my donation for a raffle fund raiser item for a conservation minded non-profit, and one will serve on my wall (handsomely I hope) to hang a decorative rug from. (I made the paddle; some hooker made the rug)

No gator tales to tell from this Florida trip. We paddled on mostly briskly moving water and gators tend to be in stagnant water like cypress swamps and lakes a whole bunch more. So we only saw a couple and they were very lethargic from the cool weather.

[Dave_H]

Sometimes goals have to be revised...especially when injuries intervene! We have 50 days left in the season to work with...and I am pretty sure we'll not only get our 100 million meter season, but we'll get that million meter team average as well (means we need 105 million meters). Glad you are on the mend!

My bad... not only a black sheep, but one that can't count! (Actually, having grown up on a sheep farm, I came to the conclusion that sheep are incredibly intelligent... even phsycic! If you want a mob of sheep to go through a gate, they will do everything in their power to resist your "urgings". If you risk leaving a gate open for a few minutes while you cut through their paddock, and DON'T want them to go through it... guess what!)
Our financial year at work ends on March 31st, and that is all I have been focused on for the last fortnight (and will be for the next month!). I guess I confused the C2 year with that... but hey! happy with the extra grace to both meet (and now hopefully exceed) my goal!

[Dave_H]

Dave H

Welcome back and a speedy recovery. My Orthopod sent me back to work on a limited basis this week, everything went well. Started working on getting the CK book balance out of the red. Strange what a 7 week vacation does to cash flow. Hoping next friday he will let me erg 2 handed with the damper set on 1 if I promise slow easy rows. I will be 8 weeks post-op then. Seems like yesterday. LOL

DC

Thanks Dan... 7 weeks is a certainly a long time when no doubt your practice has overheads piling up! Glad to hear you are on the brink of "normal" erging!!
Good luck with the rehab...
Dave

[BAZzy]

Good to see you back Dave....and congratulations Gina... Just noticed all the new colours aren't labelled..should be fun as I am colour blind!!

Cooling of in Syd-a-ney today so rowing up in the garage is a little more pleasant.......

Enjoy your weekend...BBB

[Kona2]

What a great time to be a Luna-Tic! With today's posting, we begin the countdown to our first ever 100 million meter season!

100 Million Meter Watch: Feed the pig!

We have (991,487 m) to go! Feed the team meter piggy bank!


This auspicious day finds us surrounded by half moons! We might just have to take an extra victory lap around the asteroid belt! Astrogator notes that there are some alien ships hanging out by the Sham Rock Space Bar, and concludes that G-l-o-r-i-a and the Aliens have another sold out performance. It seems they've got a dance floor, too...

Season meters as of 316/365 = 99,008,513 m

Total meters on the day = 265,750 m

Oars in space (participation) = 21 percent

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations:


6.4 MM Bart
5.3 MM Will S
3.2 MM Darryl
Will S with a posting of 32,217 m earns a half moon
Bart with a posting of 30,000 m drives in a half moon
Wild Bill with a posting of 22,000 m earns a half moon
And our movie maven Minnie earns half marathon # 213

FIVE Million Meter Watch:

Barbara with (91,428 m) to go! Run, run, row, run, run, row....

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters!


Jane 4,109 m
MT 5,000 m
Barbara 5,028 m
K2 5,212 m
AJ 5,467 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Rich m
Rick 6,733 m
Steven L 7,202 m
Kenneth G 10,000 m
Steven D 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Jim 10,110 m
Dan 11,113 m
Mitch 14,001 m
Darryl 14,334 m
Tim S 15,004 m
Bazzy 16,013 m
Chris 21,097 m
Wild Bill 22,000 m
Bart 30,000 m
Will S 32,217 m

The World Rowing Challenge begins on Monday, 15 March...and the Aussies will be on the leading edge!

[Gyrodon]

Good news!!! Gloria is finally on her way home from the Alien ship!! It seems that she kept sending me the secret release code of 5555 and I finally caught on!!! I guess that she has been partying like a rock star but is finally glad to be on her way back home.

[Allycat]

Hey all! I'm new to the team, just in time for the WRC. I just moved house, and the SECOND thing I set up was the rower (the first was my bed). I don't row too many meters - YET- but it's getting better all the time, so I want to contribute/be accountable to a team. I'm recovering from a shoulder injury due to an auto accident; the rower was purchased with part of my settlement check, lol. My physical therapist is a rower, and he finally convinced me this is the way to go for weight loss/general fitness. Looking forward to rowing with you all!

Ally