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

[Toothdoc]

K2,
Just a note to say Good Morning. You were pretty lonesome on the board over the long week-end, but ever the worker bee posting the stats. Thanks a lot. Sometimes the only thing that will make me get on the erg is knowing tomorrow I will see my name in lights. LOL

danno

[Kona2]

Danno: The boards have been a bit quieter - hope all enjoyed their weekend!

While there is some debate as to whether summmmmmmmmer officially begins on the solstice (June 21st) or whether it begins after Memorial Day here in the US, there is no doubt that the summmmmmmmmmmmmrrrr begins for Concept2 TODAY with the kickoff of Summer Sweeps! And there is that Solstice Row of 21,000 m on June 21st...

so HOOYAH! SUMMMMMMMMER is here (for this side of the IDL). Baz, Angelo and Dave....welcome FALL!

Summer Sweeps
June, July and August

The Details
■Row or ski 5000 meters as many days as you can during the months of June, July and August.
■On ten randomly selected days throughout the months of June, July and August we will draw a winner's name from everyone who rows or skis at least 5000 meters that day.
■Meters must be entered online.
■This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.)
■Indoor rower, on water, SkiErg, and on snow meters count

Season meters as of 31/365 = 5,884,715 m

Total meters on the day = 173,678 m

Oars in space (participation) = 33 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

300 K

Ted posts 38,097 (a sure sign with that '097 that there is a half marathon in there) and earns a half moon
Teresa ponies up a half moon with a posting of 21,974 m
Danno posts a half marathon
Minnie posts a half marathon....giving new definition to the term movie marathon....

And thanks to today's crew:

Steven D 2,500 m
Noelle 4,093 m
G-l-o-r-i-a (Excitement abounds as the summer concert series is announced..)
David 6,000 m
Rodrigo 6,833 m
Tim 7,108 m
Gina 7,800 m
Peter G 8,500 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Rich 13,024 m
Chris 21,097 m
Dan 21,097 m
Teresa 21,974 m
Ted 38,097 m


Hummingbirds ever present up in Grand County, CO this weekend.

[just27]

Hummingbirds ever present up in Grand County, CO this weekend.

My, K2, but you have sturdy little hummers in your mile-high climes. He looks bigger than our blue jays.

Danno, I'm starting to watch the first season of "Hawaii 5-0" ... will be thinking "book 'em" up in lights.

[DuluthMoose]

Reporting back after a really nice, and extra long weekend stay in Sister Bay, Wis with leisurely visits to mostly galleries in the great Wisconsin Door County little towns of Fish Creek, Ellison Bay, Gills Rock, Ephraim, and Egg Harbor. Especially enjoyed sipping wine on my upper story motel room deck, watching the sun set sizzling into Green Bay (Lake Michigan) each evening from a park adjacent to the marina and across from my motel, and having broiled whitefish covered with paprika and crunchy fried onions for supper. Better than the Lake Michigan perch and that's saying some. They even had Spotted Cow Ale with it's hint of cloudiness and yeastiness, but no Uff Da bock, in Sister Bay.... But I really didn't think it was appropriate to drink the Naked Ale in public so I passed on that experience.
Moose

[Kona2]

Whoa.....cruising along towards the moon when Rocket Man flew by yesterday....the resulting sonic boom reverberated throughout the day...like prisoners, the crew numbers were captured...but not posted.

Welcome back, Rocket Man and welcome new team member Anthony F to the lunar mission!

For yesterday:

Season meters as of 32/365 = 6,289,040 m

Total meters on the day = 404,325 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

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

200K Rocket Man
200K Rich
100K Greg H

For those new to the team, and those who might be just visiting the team room to see what's up, here's a quick explanation of our unique distance milestones:

Mega-moon: any distance greater than 100K posted in a single day...usually a new or returning team member with many meters to upload to the team piggy bank
a supernova designates that the individual has rowed the equivalent of 100,000 m in a 24 hr period (yep....we have one who does this)
a red giant designates that the individual has rowed the equivalent or more of 50,000 m in a 24 hr period
a full moon designates that the individual has rowed the equivalent or more of a full marathon 42,195 m in a 24 hr period
a half moon designates that the individual has rowed the equivalent or more of a half marathon 21,097 m in a 24 hr period
half or full marathons are completed in one sitting; half or full moons can be comprised of several meter sets put together for those distances within a 24 hr period


Rocket Man posts 225,947 m for a mega moon update
Will S earns a full moon with a posting of 45,000 m
Dan with a half marathon posting
Chris aka Minnie with a half marathon posting

And thanks to all yesterday's crew:

Steven D 2,500 m
Noelle 5,511 m
Peter G 6,500 m
Rich 7,022 m
Steven L 7,190 m
Mitch J 8,822 m
David T 12,000 m
Greg H 12,500 m
Baz 14,139 m
Jim 15,000 m
Dan 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Will S 45,000 m
Rocket Man 225,947 m

Today's stats:

Season meters as of 33/365 = 6,446,533 m

Total meters on the day = 157,493 m

Oars in space (participation) = 27 percent

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

200K David

Red giant for Anthony F as he brings 57,595 m to the posting

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

Peter G 3,000 m
Mike M 4,000 m
David T 6,000 m
Steven L 7,215 m
Teresa 7,515 m
Mitch J 8,481 m
Jim 10,110 m
Rodrigo 12,223 m
Greg H 12,537 m
Tim 14,246 m
Darryl 14,568 m
Anthony F 57,595 m



To the moon, mates, to the moon!

[Gyrodon]

Opps. We have gone into a time warp and reverted a year.

[Kona2]

Whoa - no kidding! These late night CALIFORNIA based Rockies games (and the Giants beat the Rockies ) are taking their toll....

Here's what should have been uploaded and posted, and thanks for the time warp catch....

[Toothdoc]

Welcome back Rocket Man
Welcome aboard Anthony F

danno

[just27]

These late night CALIFORNIA based Rockies games (and the Giants beat the Rockies ) are taking their toll....

No kidding. It was fun, having texted "asides" from Colorado during the game! Good heads-up on the pitching change. (And the end score was also fun ... )

Panda Minnie

[Kona2]

Here's the scoop about Panda Minnie and the San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies game - not a bit of fan competitiveness here! Hah! Game time finds me in Colorado watching the late Pacific time zone telecast of the game that Minnie, lucky rowing mouse that she is, has won tickets to go see. Right after the ONLY Colorado run scored (but it was a beautiful home run by Tulo) for the Rockies, Minnie sends a camera phone picture of the AT&T ballpark and her GREAT view from the seats behind home plate - kind of along the first base line - of the game, San Francisco bay lurking on the other side....I was TOTALLY envious. As the game progressed (not well for Colorado - and a pitching change predicted), I start noticing that the SF fans have some crazy Panda headgear. Now this IS San Francisco after all - so should we be surprised?! I texted Minnie to ask what was with the Panda hats. Turns out that Pablo Sandoval, the big guy who plays 3rd base, is nicknamed Kung Fu panda. And he can move pretty quickly when he needs to do so! There's a growing number of Sandoval fans who wear the Panda hats....Next I get the following camera phone picture (compliments of AJ I think) of Panda Minnie and her cub, Dave.



Not sure if it is evident in the photo, but apparently the ballpark version of the Panda hats are a little more fierce...the ballpark version doesn't just have a cute Panda smile, those Panda hats have some intimidating looking teeth! Great to see a home game and win!

[BAZzy]

Here's the scoop about Panda Minnie and the San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies game - not a bit of fan competitiveness here! Hah! Game time finds me in Colorado watching the late Pacific time zone telecast of the game that Minnie, lucky rowing mouse that she is, has won tickets to go see. Right after the ONLY Colorado run scored (but it was a beautiful home run by Tulo) for the Rockies, Minnie sends a camera phone picture of the AT&T ballpark and her GREAT view from the seats behind home plate - kind of along the first base line - of the game, San Francisco bay lurking on the other side....I was TOTALLY envious. As the game progressed (not well for Colorado - and a pitching change predicted), I start noticing that the SF fans have some crazy Panda headgear. Now this IS San Francisco after all - so should we be surprised?! I texted Minnie to ask what was with the Panda hats. Turns out that Pablo Sandoval, the big guy who plays 3rd base, is nicknamed Kung Fu panda. And he can move pretty quickly when he needs to do so! There's a growing number of Sandoval fans who wear the Panda hats....Next I get the following camera phone picture (compliments of AJ I think) of Panda Minnie and her cub, Dave.



Not sure if it is evident in the photo, but apparently the ballpark version of the Panda hats are a little more fierce...the ballpark version doesn't just have a cute Panda smile, those Panda hats have some intimidating looking teeth! Great to see a home game and win!

Lost me....but I get the gist of it! Cricket is so much easier to understand

Good weekend to all...BBB

[bg]

Here's the scoop about Panda Minnie and the San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies game - not a bit of fan competitiveness here! Hah! Game time finds me in Colorado watching the late Pacific time zone telecast of the game that Minnie, lucky rowing mouse that she is, has won tickets to go see. Right after the ONLY Colorado run scored (but it was a beautiful home run by Tulo) for the Rockies, Minnie sends a camera phone picture of the AT&T ballpark and her GREAT view from the seats behind home plate - kind of along the first base line - of the game, San Francisco bay lurking on the other side....I was TOTALLY envious. As the game progressed (not well for Colorado - and a pitching change predicted), I start noticing that the SF fans have some crazy Panda headgear. Now this IS San Francisco after all - so should we be surprised?! I texted Minnie to ask what was with the Panda hats. Turns out that Pablo Sandoval, the big guy who plays 3rd base, is nicknamed Kung Fu panda. And he can move pretty quickly when he needs to do so! There's a growing number of Sandoval fans who wear the Panda hats....Next I get the following camera phone picture (compliments of AJ I think) of Panda Minnie and her cub, Dave.



Not sure if it is evident in the photo, but apparently the ballpark version of the Panda hats are a little more fierce...the ballpark version doesn't just have a cute Panda smile, those Panda hats have some intimidating looking teeth! Great to see a home game and win!

love the hat.....and welcome to all the new folks....and gooooooo celtics......

[Kona2]

Rowing.....rowing......rowing.....keep those Concept2's going.......and if you have specific goals about staying on the honor board - here's what it currently takes!

Annual Meter Board 2011:

10,000 m a day = + 350,000 m
7,500 m a day = + 262,500 m
5,000 m a day = + 175,000 m
2,500 m a day = + 87,500 m
1,500 m a day = + 52,500 m

Another teammate signs in for the 2011 rowing season! Welcome back, Tom M!



Season meters as of 34/365 = 6,616,747 m

Total meters on the day = 170,214 m

Oars in space (participation) = 28 percent

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


400K Dan
400K Baz
300K Jim
200K Steven L

Ted posts 23,903 m for a half moon
Dan posts 23,624 m for a half moon
Chris with a half marathon

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

Tom 1,000 m
Peter G 4,500 m
Noelle 5,019 m
Steven L 7,209 m
Jim 10,142 m
Will S 12,000 m
Rod 12,512 m
Darryl 14,319 m
Baz 14,411 m
Gina 20,478 m
Chris 21,097 m
Dan 23,624 m
Ted 23,903 m

[DuluthMoose]

Chris - I like the new look photo on your profile. That hat certainly has possibilities for multi-purpose. Looks like it would make a good musher hat. Mush! you Giants!

I must admit I am totally impressed with Concept2's person of the day, Katie Gehrz. It takes both strength and finesse to one person a canoe up on one's shoulders to carry it; and the obvious breeze in the photo requires even more strength and control in lifting a canoe. The canoe in the picture is a tandem cedar rib and canvas canoe, (might even be a Seliga canoe) which probably weighted in at 70 to 85 lbs before it started absorbing water that could add an additional 15 lbs or so. So in this case Katie is showing us, she is one STRONG gal! I'm speculating that she is one of those super women from Camp Wigiwagan that go for summer long canoe adventures in the Far North of Canada. I gave up lifting portaging aluminum or canvas canoes 2 decades ago.

[Toothdoc]

Welcome back Tim

danno