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

[Kona2]

Kristine -

This looks like a big expansion project with the lofts - or is it new homes for existing birds? What will this allow you to do?

[bg]

Loft progress update:



This one is almost finished. The other one still has a few days' work to go on it.

Thanks for your power tool suggestion. The good thing is that my uncle is loaded with every kind of power tool imaginable, so I have power tools for practically every step of this project. I think that my hand and arm pain is from operating the drill so much, plus all the wire cutting, clamp squeezing, paint rolling...it all adds up, and I am just not used to doing so much of this kind of gripping.

those lofts look great...lucky white pigeons who get to live in them...barbara

[Kona2]

Another splendid day of rowing progress for the Luna-Tics! The team is poised to cross the 43 million mark (I was so tempted to just go pull the 192 m necessary to get us there...)

The moon's pull was so great that we had TWO individuals complete half-marathons! Congrats to Peter H and Dan !



Season meters to date = 42,999,808 m

Total meters on the day = 202,079 m

33 percent of oars in the water!



80K Rae!
600K Gina!
1.9 MM Chris!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Tim with (49,699 m) to go! Serious red zone here!
Angelo with (69,534 m) to go!
Chris with (98,763 m) to go! She's broken the 100K barrier! Red zone!

And today's stars are: (look fast, they are moving fast!)



Jane 34,503 m
Peter 21,097 m - HALF MARATHON
Dan 21,097 m - HALF MARATHON
Rodrigo 16,587 m
Darryl 16,546 m
Mitch 15,546 m
Tim 10,563 m
Chris 10,000 m
Mary 7,234 m
Steven 7,046 m
AJ 7,000 m
Tony 6,521 m
Joe 6,126 m
Gina 6,000 m
Rowin 6,000 m
Helen 6,000 m
Barbara 3,011 m
Rae 1,000 m
Orion 202 m

[DuluthMoose]

Loft progress update:



This one is almost finished. The other one still has a few days' work to go on it.

Thanks for your power tool suggestion. The good thing is that my uncle is loaded with every kind of power tool imaginable, so I have power tools for practically every step of this project. I think that my hand and arm pain is from operating the drill so much, plus all the wire cutting, clamp squeezing, paint rolling...it all adds up, and I am just not used to doing so much of this kind of gripping.

Kristine,
You're suppose to plug in the drill and pull the trigger rather than just turn the drill clockwise in 360's. JUST KIDDING!.. Make sure the drill you are using is not a 1/2" as that would be at least a pound of unnessary weight to handle. Your project is looking great. Would you mind sharing the name and source of your plan? That design looks like it could easily be modified for adding thermal mass and insulation for a really nice stand alone walk-in greenhouse. Darryl B.

[Kona2]

We are, however, Luna-Tics who want to row the equivalent distance to the moon!

[Toothdoc]

Jane,

You may have noticed no milage today. After several days of pain in right hand I sough advice from a hand surgeon. Diagnosis stenosing tenosynovitis. Translation, wrong grip, to much press in palm of hand. solution cortisone injection into affected area or surgery. Lesson: Pay attention to the C2 consultants, they know where art they speak.

Advice: reassess your grip. Fingers with light pressure.

[Calamity]

After several days of pain in right hand I sough advice from a hand surgeon. Diagnosis stenosing tenosynovitis. Translation, wrong grip, to much press in palm of hand. solution cortisone injection into affected area or surgery.

Are you sure you are holding your toothbrush right?
Jane

[bg]

Jane,

You may have noticed no milage today. After several days of pain in right hand I sough advice from a hand surgeon. Diagnosis stenosing tenosynovitis. Translation, wrong grip, to much press in palm of hand. solution cortisone injection into affected area or surgery. Lesson: Pay attention to the C2 consultants, they know where art they speak.

Advice: reassess your grip. Fingers with light pressure.

ouch...sorry to hear that...barbara

[Kristine Strasburger]

These lofts are to house my existing birds, and allow for building up my numbers of birds for the coming year. I will probably need to build two more next year if business warrants it. The original loft I built in our old woodshed has some real deficiencies which make keeping the birds healthy a challenge. It is also not cat proof if I need them to come and go from the loft (a necessity). These new lofts are designed to give them a more healthy environment, and should also be cat-proof so they can return home from a flight safely.

I will have to look up the website with the loft plans. They are free. The site also has lots of examples of the lofts people have built using these plans, and showing modifications they made to fit their needs. People have been really creative with this basic design.

Hmmm, you mean that big heavy thing clipped to the end of the drill was not merely there for ballast? I thought I would lighten up the drill by taking it off. Maybe I should put it back on, and see what happens.

[just27]

After several days of pain in right hand I sought advice from a hand surgeon. Diagnosis stenosing tenosynovitis ... wrong grip, to much press in palm of hand. solution cortisone injection into affected area or surgery.

No, say it ain't so. I really hope that a cortisone shot will do the trick.

Chris

[just27]

These new lofts are designed to give them a more healthy environment, and should also be cat-proof so they can return home from a flight safely.

I'd heard of homing pigeons, but not homing doves. I thought they were different species but looked them up and, apparently, they're not. (Pigeons are simply bigger than doves?) Your lofts look like they will thwart the most determined cat.
Chris

[DuluthMoose]

Jane,

You may have noticed no milage today. After several days of pain in right hand I sough advice from a hand surgeon. Diagnosis stenosing tenosynovitis. Translation, wrong grip, to much press in palm of hand. solution cortisone injection into affected area or surgery. Lesson: Pay attention to the C2 consultants, they know where art they speak.

Advice: reassess your grip. Fingers with light pressure.

Thanks for the warning Dan. I've been hesitant about pushing it any harder than I am because I don't believe the stock C2 model D grip is very ergonomic for me. I'm working on a grip design (that I will laminate up and shape out of wood), but bending the wood to shape, maintaining load bearing strength, being as light as possible, and balancing the pull point have proven to be complicated. Hope you can get your hand back to normal soon. My guess is it's your dominant hand and the one you would extract a tooth with.

Be sure to talk over cortisone side affects in combination with heavy exercise with your doctor. Extented use of cortisone can really have a negative affect on your liver. And for all the K's you row, you need that liver functioning at peak to deliver the glucose you need to row that many K's. Darryl

[Kona2]

Warning! Warning! Stats gal in bicycle class today and tomorrow! I have "captured" the numbers, input into spreadsheet - highlights will follow later in the day.

Dan - hope you have a speedy recovery! Did you buy / try the New Grip gloves? I thought they facilitated the light grip recommended (still think they are funky, but I use them because they are more comfortable!)

Season meters to date = 43,188,366 m AMAZING!

Total meters on the day = 188,558 m

28 percent oars in the water.

Milestones and other recognitions will follow later! We have many and they are each important !

Gotta ride - catch you all later!

Jan

[Kona2]

I'm baaack! Bike class is teaching some different safety skills for quick stops, quick turns when vehicles pull out in front of you - much of it was like a bike rodeo in a school parking lot.

Season meters to date = 43,188,366 m AMAZING!

Total meters on the day = 188,558 m

28 percent oars in the water.

Milestones: Way to row !

1.6 MM Mitch
1.3 MM Jane
800K Andrea

Two Million Meter Watch:

Tim with (38,925 m) is way into the red zone!
Angelo with (69,534 m) - probably get an update soon from him.
Chris with (86,463 m) to go!

And today's stars are: (some postings may include more than one day)

Jane 41,264 m - practically a marathon!
Andrea 20,358 m
Darryl 18,223 m
Mitch 16,034 m
Chris 12,300 m
Rodrigo 11,842 m
Tim 10,774 m
Barbara 10,001 m
Jan 10,000 m
Tony 7,300 m
Mary 7,235 m (and you wonder why I get confused with all these 7Ks!)
Steven 7,044 m
Pat 7,014 m
Joe 5,121 m
Tina 3,038 m
Rae 1,000 m

Well done everyone - we were 30K behind the Timbuk2 team this morning at o-dark-thirty.

Jan

[Kona2]

At long last - only a few hours late! - here's the quick update:

Season meters on the date = 43,378,407 m

Total meters on the day = 190,041 m

24% of our oars were in the water!

Two Million Meter Watch:

Tim with (17,828 m) to go - will it be today or tomorrow???
Angelo with (69,534 m) to go!
Chris with (74,843 m) to go!

And today's star rowers are:

Gabriella 40,153 m
Jane 34,046 m
Tim 21,097 m (looks like a half marathon to me....want to confirm?)
Rodrigo 17,086 m
Darryl 16,465 m
Chris 11,630 m
Steven 10,000 m
Andrea 8,285 m
Pat 8,014 m
Mary 7,240 m
Tony 6,429 m
AJ 5,551 m
Rowin 2,038 m
Steve 2,017 m

Stellar rowing! Thanks to all! And I passed my bicycle class.