TimbukTOO Team Room

[CONLEJM]

LISA REACHED ONE MILLION

Congratulations on becoming a millionaire Lisa!

[damselfly]

Thank you everyone for your congratulations! It feels good!

David, I'm so glad to hear you're working again, man! Excellent!!

And well done everyone on all the personal bests and records being broken around these here parts. What an awesome bunch to be inspiring each other and spurring each other on to new bests and accomplishments. Keep up the great TEAM work!!!

Remember, while there IS an "I" in "team", it takes a real stretch to find it...

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, generating heat and power with their ergs that sadly cannot be trapped and shipped East! A taut and tested 10 of 54 members (19%) logged 145,653 total meters Friday!

Milestones achieved:
DAVID BLASTED PAST 4 KAJILLION!! (OK, MILLION)!!! WOW!!, and Jeff clobbered 300K!! Can a girl get a Woot?!?!

Approaching milestones:
Jim is half a row from 2.3M (-10,000m), Keith is very close to 1.1M (-1,367m), Kevin sees 600K on the horizon (-45,167m), and Mike is driving for 350K (-17,954m). Row like you get paid for it!

Posted Meters:
David W - 41,252 Just another Friday...
Yisroel H - 25,000 Get the extinguisher! Cap'n's on FIRE!
Jim C - 18,000 18 is the new 16...
Jeff S - 11,000 Nice!!
Mark E - 10,000 Was there a memo ...
Keith J - 10,000 ... about 10k Friday ...
Mike M - 10,000 ... that I wasn't copied on?
Adam M - 8,500 Killin' it!
Kevin K - 7,345 Streak unbroken since 10/2!!
Warren F - 4,556 Pushing those numbers higher this week! Nice work!

[TMike]

If you think I'm like King Arthur in this sketch, you don't have a leg to stand on. Actually, I'm something completely different: A man with a tape recorder up his nose!

I am not worthy... I am not worthy... When I played the 'ol King Arthur/Black Knight hand I thought for sure that the pot was mine.I was confident, I never saw it coming -- Then BAM! Out comes the double entendre of comedic genius - "A man with a tape recorder up his nose" routine - Its so in your face ridiculously stupid, that its hilarious. I'm a defeated man. But I can walk a proud, because I know that I was only defeated by a master gamesman.

cheers to you, good game...

TMike

PS -

...you don't have a leg to stand on

Ha Ha

[CONLEJM]

I'm not sure if you guys deserve some "Crunchy Frog", or the "Twit of the Year" Award ...

[Quatroux]

LISA REACHED ONE MILLION

Congrats!

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! An excited and extraordinary 8 of 54 members (15%) logged 89,406 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
(none)

Approaching milestones:
Kyle is nearing 2.6M (-14,000m), Matthew is heading for 1.3M (-27,528m), Kevin is within sight of 600K (-40,167m), and Vince is closing on 25K (-8,106m). Row like there's money in it!

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 11/3 through Fri 11/9):
Adam M & Kevin K - 7
Andy I & Warren F - 6
Jim C - 5
Gary G & Yisroel H - 4

Posted Meters:
David W - 21,500 Light day!
Lisa H - 21,097 HM for me, just a few more meters and I could have topped David!
Kyle J - 14,690 Recovered from the 50!
Matthew R - 11,266 There he is! About to put out an APB!
Warren F - 8,000 Third 8k this week!
Aditya P - 6,375 Pressed for time?
Kevin K - 5,000 The drive is alive!
Vince M - 1,478 Back after a few days' break!

[Izzzmeister]

...Actually, I'm something completely different: A man with a tape recorder up his nose!

I am not worthy... I am not worthy... When I played the 'ol King Arthur/Black Knight hand I thought for sure that the pot was mine.I was confident, I never saw it coming -- Then BAM! Out comes the double entendre of comedic genius - "A man with a tape recorder up his nose" routine - Its so in your face ridiculously stupid, that its hilarious. I'm a defeated man. But I can walk a proud, because I know that I was only defeated by a master gamesman.

cheers to you, good game...

TMike

Thanks for being so nice about it! I was embarassed for the last few years that I hadn't switched the tape recorder up my nose for a CD player, but I was afraid I would have to deviate my septum to fit it. However, I WAS able to upgrade the tape recorder to now play 42 national anthems.
So, thanks for reminding me that tape recorders are WAY funnier than CD players!
(Sorry, gotta run to try to wake up my new parrot again. The clerk in the store assures me that the parrot is NOT dead!)

[Izzzmeister]

Milestones achieved:
(none)

I think here would be a good place to mention that we now average over 500K per TimbukTOO team member! Great going, all!

[aadit]

All hands on deck, trying to get the right & left sides to pull together! 11 of 54 members (20%) logged 108,038 total meters Thursday!

Milestones achieved: LISA REACHED ONE MILLION!!

Congratulations!! Very nicely done.

[cindyreck]

Hey everybody!! I finally took some time to log my meters...PHEW! It has been awhile!

I also took a little time to look around on our team forum and discovered Lisa's recent 1M milestone! AWESOME! Congratulations, Lisa!

I have to get back in the habit of logging in here to check out the latest news. The Holiday Challenge is coming up, right? I'm looking forward to that again this year.

Have a great Monday, y'all!

Cindy

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A slim and sibilant 7 of 54 members (13%) logged 87,642 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved:
Kyle hit 2.6M, Jim hit 2.3M!! Cowabunga!!

Approaching milestones:
Matthew, Gary, and Izz are in a three-way challenge for 1.3M (-16,262m, -33,573m, and -46,087m), Kevin is closing on 600K (-34,518m), and Vince is nearing 25K (-6,655m). Row for the glory!

Posted Meters:
Yisroel H - 25,000 50k in two rows!
Gary G - 17,276 Ouch!!
Kyle J - 17,000 Wow!
Matthew R - 11,266 Steady as she goes...
Jim C - 10,000 A little extra for the week...
Kevin K - 5,649 Going strong!
Vince M - 1,451 Two-fer!!

[damselfly]

Hey everybody!! I finally took some time to log my meters...PHEW! It has been awhile!

I also took a little time to look around on our team forum and discovered Lisa's recent 1M milestone! AWESOME! Congratulations, Lisa!

I have to get back in the habit of logging in here to check out the latest news. The Holiday Challenge is coming up, right? I'm looking forward to that again this year.

Have a great Monday, y'all!

Cindy

Good to see our Urban Farmer and resident Professor back on the forum!! And thanks for your congratulations!

Also, yes, I've been meaning to post...

Hey Team!! The latest in the upcoming C2 challenges, the 2012 Holiday Challenge, is right around the corner!!

The Details

• Row and/or ski 100,000 meters or 200,000 meters from November 22 to 11:59 p.m. ET December 24.
• Support great causes with your meters! (See below)
• You do not need to be on a team to participate! Log your individual meters.
• Indoor rower and SkiErg meters only (no on water/on snow meters please). You can combine meters from each machine to reach the challenge goal.
• Kid's Holiday Challenge allows kids (aged 16 and under) to participate at 50,000 meters.
• Adaptive athletes can choose to participate at the 50k, 100k, or 200k levels.
• Deadline for entering meters: January 4th.

Support Great Causes!

Each year, Concept2 selects several non-profit organizations and donates money to these organizations based on the meters completed during the Holiday Challenge. We present the list of charities in your logbook, and you select which one you'd like your efforts to benefit. This year we decided to offer a choice of charities that support a spectrum of options, including a charity that is working directly to support the victims of Hurricane Sandy. This year's choices are:

• AmeriCares (supporting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts)
• Natural Resource Defense Council
• Doctors Without Borders
• Vermont Land Trust

For every person who completes at least 100k during the challenge, Concept2 will donate $.02 for each kilometer (1000 meters) you accumulate. Once you get beyond 100k, we'll donate $.04 per kilometer. For kids and adaptive athletes, the $.04 rate takes effect at 50k. Every bit adds up: Last year, your efforts raised over $31,000 for disaster relief organizations!

[aadit]

Hey Team!! The latest in the upcoming C2 challenges, the 2012 Holiday Challenge, is right around the corner!!

Excellent! Assuming we do sign ups for this? I'll sign up for 200K!

Adit

[damselfly]

I don't think we track meters for the individual challenges, but we'll keep an eye on you, Adit! But maybe we do. I can't remember. I'm old. Maybe Cap'n remembers.

I do think we tracked money raised for the challenge though.