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

[Kristine Strasburger]

AJ, that is a great drawing of Moose. And thanks so much for the quotes of his you posted. It is hard to believe it has been 3 months- it seems like just a few days ago, and it seems like years ago all at the same time.

Nice name choice, Cathy.

[bg]

[color=#008000]woooo hoooo katerina....and oy ron...what a saga....[/color]

[Kona2]

Are you in Challenge withdrawal??! Fear not, fellow rowers! You have less than one week to the next Challenge!



You'll have SIX days to complete the requisite 14K....and this will be a s-t-r-e-t-c-h for some of our junior rowers. I'm pretty sure there aren't any anti-valentines in the assortment offered.

Season meters as of 278/365 = 92,669,857 m

Total meters on the day = 395,151 m

Oars in space (participation) = 33 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.7 MM Will S
2.0 MM Katerina
1.3 MM Tim P
1.1 MM Mitch J
300 K Greg C

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Ray with (28,625 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Cathie with (110,007 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Chip with (20,752 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Robert with (111,708 m) to go!

Rick with (111,706 m) to go!

Terri with (131,471 m) to go!

COOL Half Million Meter Watch:

Karyn with (2,638 m) to go!

Dalton with (2,683 m) to go!

Tony with (35,512 m) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed with us today - what a team!!

Brayden m
Allie 900 m
Ethan 1,005 m
Ashlee 1,455 m
Tris 1,525 m
Terri 1,551 m palindrome
Dalton 1,565 m
Jeff 2,042 m
Mario Jackson 2,055 m
Kaylee 2,820 m ....just the right amount of meters to do each day for five days to meet the valentine challenge...
Brandy 3,000 m
Harold 3,000 m
Kenny H 3,113 m tandem palindrome
Tony m
Noelle 4,010 m
Barbara 5,037 m
Greg C 5,908 m
Tammy 6,555 m
Steven 6,592 m
Bobbie 7,205 m
Karyn 8,597 m
Peter G 9,000 m
Robyn 9,512 m
Tom M 9,566 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Baz 10,000 m
AJ 10,000 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Jerry 10,130 m
Mitch J 10,512 m
Ross 11,171 m
K2 11,224 m ...to bring the yearly total to 1,122,334
Tim P 11,282 m
David T 12,000 m
Katerina 14,000 m
14,443 m
Jay 15,000 m
Bruce 15,869 m
Ted 20,000 m
21,097 m Minnie the Mooner
Cathie 23,330 m Half moon plus some
Will S 65,000 m Red Giant for Will S

Are We There Yet???

Lunar Distance = 2,568,251 m

Woohoo - our target is getting closer, closer.....we'll be settling into an orbital path very shortly. This will give us an opportunity to view the major features of the moon we take one revolution around it.

[BAZzy]

Congratulations on all the recent achievements, and I read with great interest the background on the Idita-Walk.

Amazing weather we are having around the world at the moment, plenty of snow in the Northern Hemisphere, floods and cyclones in Australia. Cyclone Yasi was amazing, biggest we’ve seen, and it affected my home town in North Queensland (Townsville) all friends and relatives are safe though.....

And must confess, always happy to push myself, but the heat and humidity in Sydney this past few days has seen me retreat back to bed in the morning after checking temperatures.

Apparently some cooler weather coming our way on Sunday! Good weekend to all wherever you are and row strong!

Cheers, BBB

[bg]

Congratulations on all the recent achievements, and I read with great interest the background on the Idita-Walk.

Amazing weather we are having around the world at the moment, plenty of snow in the Northern Hemisphere, floods and cyclones in Australia. Cyclone Yasi was amazing, biggest we’ve seen, and it affected my home town in North Queensland (Townsville) all friends and relatives are safe though.....

And must confess, always happy to push myself, but the heat and humidity in Sydney this past few days has seen me retreat back to bed in the morning after checking temperatures.

Apparently some cooler weather coming our way on Sunday! Good weekend to all wherever you are and row strong!

Cheers, BBB

glad everyone is safe....btw, how did tomo do in his track meet last week????

[Kona2]

The Bunny Trails of the Mind:

Yes, AJ has sent me down yet another bunny trail of the mind on this day, but Danno started it. You know those tests, and kids' games, that have you look at picture A and then at picture B and find the differences? These are the sorts of things that are supposed to help determine brain age, keep you sharp, or just make you crazy when you can't figure it out. Look at AJ's canoes for today, and see if you can spot where he's made a few design refinements. Deciding whether it was canoe refinement or canoe evolution was a whole 'nother bunny trail...the ocean-going kayaks are canoe evolution I think...

We're on the cusp of 93 Million Team Meters....!


Season meters as of 279/365 = 92,955,095 m

Total meters on the day = 285,238 m

Oars in space (participation) = 25 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations: All Woot-Worthy Moments

2.5 MM David A
1.8 MM Jim B
1.5 MM Kristine
600 K Tom M
500 K Dalton

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Ray with (28,625 m) to go!

Danno with (151,925 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Cathie with (110,007 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Chip with (20,752 m) to go! Probably already completed this...

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Robert with (111,708 m) to go!

Rick with (111,706 m) to go!

Terri with (140,271 m) to go!

COOL Half Million Watch:

Karyn with (2,638 m) to go! After she finishes with the snow shoveling...

Tony with (32,179 m) to go!

Dan E with (31,507 m) to go!

And thanks to all who rowed with us today!

Brayden 867 m
Allie 900 m
Ethan 1001...a palindrome!
Tris m
Terri 1,200 m
Kaylee 1,285 m
Mario 2,640 m
Kenny H 3,000 m
Katerina 3,000 m
Harold 3,005 m
Barbara 3,305 m
Tony m
Jeff 4,066 m
Peter G 4,500 m
Dalton 4,555 m wowzer!
Jerry 5,005 m .... a palindrome!
6,600 m double repeater..
Steven 7,088 m
Tom M 7,500 m
Ben S 8,025 m
Baz 10,000 m
Dan E 11,667 m
David A 14,450 m
Ron 15,296 m
Jim B 16,009 m
Jay 18,003 m
Ross 18,364 m
AJ 19,025 m
Minnie Chris 21,097 m
Kristine m
Tammy 23,020 m
Danno 24,099 m

Have a great rowing day whenever and wherever you row!

[Kristine Strasburger]

I love the new canoes. Great idea!

[Kona2]

Hooyah! We've just passed the 93 million TEAM meter milestone! Whoop! Whoop!




Seemed such a waste of good canoes not to continue to use them! Of course, I should have suspected a refinement was in the works...

[Kona2]

We've shown that collectively we can make a lot of good things happen, row a lotta meters, and watch out for each other in virtual team kinds of ways. Our teammate Ray was injured seriously in a training accident yesterday - and he is going to need all our positive thoughts to help him. No details known at this time, just a request from his family to pray for him and for them.

[bg]

We've shown that collectively we can make a lot of good things happen, row a lotta meters, and watch out for each other in virtual team kinds of ways. Our teammate Ray was injured seriously in a training accident yesterday - and he is going to need all our positive thoughts to help him. No details known at this time, just a request from his family to pray for him and for them.

oh no...sending healing thoughts and prayers....

[BAZzy]

We've shown that collectively we can make a lot of good things happen, row a lotta meters, and watch out for each other in virtual team kinds of ways. Our teammate Ray was injured seriously in a training accident yesterday - and he is going to need all our positive thoughts to help him. No details known at this time, just a request from his family to pray for him and for them.

Good luck and all the best Ray.........BBB

[Toothdoc]

Hang in there Ray you can beat this!

danno

[Kona2]

Could've sworn that there was an official write up on the Virtual Challenge yesterday that showed we were in fourth place....yet clicking on Virtual Team Standings gave a different result? Out of sheer habit, checked the standings this AM. I thought at first that our meters were still being added to the mix, but that does not appear to be true. What say you....real or artifact?!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 58,280,948 296 196,895
2 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 25,144,384 50 502,888
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 22,926,313 102 224,768
4 Free Spirits Virtual Club 22,901,127 160 143,132
5 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 21,822,400 141 154,769

Yep, just checked on the final 2011 stats - and it shows us with less meters and in fourth. However, if you click on the 2011 standings link just above the Final Stats 2011...you get the above. Ah, wishful thinking.

1.Age Without Limits–58,270,846
2.THE ANCIENTS–25,144,384
3.Free Spirits–22,889,079
4.LUNA-TICS–22,751,313

[Kristine Strasburger]

Jan, I just sent an inquiry into this to C2. They usually respond pretty quick, but since it is the weekend we might not have an answer until Monday.

And for clarification, has a shifting in the team roster post-challenge resulted in a "location-in-space" shift for us?

Thanks for posting news of Ray. Keeping him and his family in prayer. Let us know as soon as you hear an update!

[DUCKMARX]

Our teammate Ray was injured seriously in a training accident yesterday - and he is going to need all our positive thoughts to help him. No details known at this time, just a request from his family to pray for him and for them.

Jan, I've been thinking about Ray and saying little prayers for him since reading your post last night.

Thanks for keeping us informed.