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

[DavidA]

With great delight, I was able to add the 111,111,111th meter - and get that photo! Woot ! I'm sure it is number karma.....

Yeah for Jan!

[DavidA]

3 Ron MacBruce M 56 34,567 m

Ron,
How in the world am I supposed to keep up with you if you put in so many meters?

David

[BAZzy]

We all know that tomorrow is St. Patricks day. But for those in eastern Mass. (bg's neighborhood) it is also Evacuation Day. ... K2 may be a number geek, but I am a history geek. So Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Evacuation Day
Ron

Tomorrow is also AJ's and my wedding anniversary ... I'm thinking that 39 years definitely counts as history, no!?

Congratulations........BBB

[dtangeri]

I believe it was Henry Knox who brought the cannon 300 miles to Boston from Fort Ticonderoga.

[Kona2]

Must confess that although I know of Ft Ticonderoga, my first thought when I hear the word "Ticonderoga" is of my fav pencils....! Great to have some history buffs on the team! And, thinking back on yesterday, not often that I see the words "ephemeral" and "synchronicity" - good stuff!

Our pot of gold brimmith over! March Madness is definitely a zany challenge...and then to go overlap the challenge with the Battle of the Ergs....could make us live up to our team name, it could!

Overall March Madness Challenge = 38 Lunies still rowing in the overall challenge

10K+ March Madness Challenge = 22 Lunies still rowing in this one

Season meters as of 319/365 = 111,411,816 m

Total meters on the day = 474,973 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.8 MM Baz
2.3 MM Jay
2.3 MM Rosita
1.4 MM Mitch J
600 K Tony
95 K Ethan

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Ron with (64,998 m) to go!

David A with (107,467 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Jim B with (41,567 m) to go!

Sam with (91,008 m) to go!

David T with (92,000 m) to go!

Ross with (117,483 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mike G with (11,654 m) to go! Whoa...this could ALREADY have happened...I'd better check!

Thanks, everyone, for the meters! Couldn't catch those great number events like 111,111,111 if we weren't all rowing! I know that many of you watch for the odometer to turn those magic milestones....

Brayden 565 m
Allie 755 m
Ethan 1,201 m
Ashlee 1,215 m
Kaylee 1,503 m
Dalton 1,621 m
Tris 1,655 m
Mario 2,001 m
MT 2,583
Tony m
Peter G 4,000 m
Bobbie m
Tammy 5,011 m
AJ 5,220 m ...congratulations!
Benny 5,225 m
Harold 5,310 m and only (20,080 m) from 1.5 MM ! Woot!
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Rich m
Karyn 5,638 m
David T 6,000 m
Sam 6,500 m
Jeff G 6,700 m
Chip 10,000 m
Kiba 10,000 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Mike G 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Jim K 10,020 m
Chris 10,234 m ... whoa...historical 39 years! Congratulations to you and AJ !
Ronnie 10,300 m
James G 10,543 m ... PB & J...
David A 10,921 m
Mitch J 11,112 m
Dan S 11,614 m
Cathie 12,600 m
K2 aka Neo 16,669 m
Will S 20,000 m
Jay 22,001 m
Rosita 22,111 m
Ross 22,416 m ...and after a break from rowing.......ZOOOOOOOOM
Dan 23,641 m
Ted 27,000 m
Andre 27,073 m
Ron 34,567 m

[Kona2]

Welcome to the Challenge Team Heather, Jim B and Tony!

Gents and Gals - get those erg engines fired up, because the battle is ON! We've had a small setback and find ourselves in fourth. Never doubt that even a few meters help out!


1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 2,852,302 263 10,845
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 1,421,758 122 11,654
3 RowPro Online Virtual Club 919,543 66 13,932
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 888,884 79 11,252 Rats....it was almost 888,888 !
5 UK Rowers Virtual Club 628,314 56 11,220

[Toothdoc]

Welcome to all the newcomers, I've lost rack of how many, and to returning ergers, too. Welcome Back all!

danno

[Kristine Strasburger]

Welcome to the Challenge Team Heather, Jim B and Tony! Great to have you with us!

[Kona2]

It's only been two days since the Galactic Gauntlet was sent flying ... and this team has cranked out over ONE million meters! Woot! Way to row!

81 Team Members....room for plenty more!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 3,589,794 269 13,345
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 1,725,577 126 13,695
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 1,172,406 81 14,474
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 1,050,377 68 15,447
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 807,473 23 35,108

Welcome to all our new and returning team members! Thanks for rowing with us in this last team challenge of the 2011 Rowing Season! So far, 1575 rowers (that seems like a really low number for a team challenge, but maybe everyone is feeling a little too challenged....or their families are! ) are signed on the the overall challenge .... and we have 8 team mates in the top ten percent!

Every meter counts....and it's always best to get out ahead quickly (there's strategy to this)....so don't wait too late to contribute some meters....every meter counts.....every meter counts!

1 Barry O'Malley M 51 60,000
2 Daniel Cox M 66 51,677
3 Ron MacBruce M 56 50,131
4 Ross Drown M 63 44,638
5 Will Salach M 54 40,000
6 Rosita Delacruz F 36 37,696
7 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 38 37,601
8 Chris Tudury F 61 33,968
------------------------- TOP TEN PERCENT in the Challenge----------------Woot!
9 James Garcia M 35 31,103
10 Kiba Chan F 23 30,000
11 Jan Stevenson F 58 27,780
12 Dan Seldomridge M 49 26,273
13 Jeffrey Grous M 48 25,922
14 Cathie Johnson F 29 25,400
15 George Wyner M 53 25,000
16 Samuel Johnson M 75 24,500
17 Mitch Johnson M 55 23,667
18 Karyn Gallagher F 41 23,309
19 David A. Alden M 50 22,576
20 Gabriela Caranfil F 48 22,468
21 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 22,000
22 Jim Kielma M 57 20,040
23 Kristine Strasburger F 47 20,000
24 Peter Huurman M 38 20,000
25 Mike Gilger M 50 20,000
26 Jennifer Browning F 46 19,113
27 Jerry Kenney M 38 18,696
28 David Tangerini M 63 18,000
29 Ronnie Mills F 43 17,855
30 Tom McGuire M 58 17,352
31 peter verdirame M 56 16,500
32 Rick Carveth M 59 16,376
33 Dwight Hakim M 49 15,036
34 Steven Larky M 48 14,435
35 jonny kutz F 63 13,828
36 Rodrigo Garcia M 34 12,912
37 Scott Cooper M 45 11,500
38 Richard Miller M 61 11,110
39 Gloria Miller F 51 11,110
40 Harold Janusek M 60 10,865
41 A J Tudury M 63 10,479
42 Benny Delacruz M 18 10,446
43 Pat Bankes F 64 10,285
44 Greg Childs M 56 10,045
45 Tammy Gwinn F 31 10,018
46 Bobbie Kielma F 58 10,011
47 Charles Dykstra M 43 10,000
48 Andre Dumais M 37 10,000
49 Jason Stirmers M 36 10,000
50 Collin Dykstra M 36 10,000
51 Jim Brink M 39 10,000
52 martha wiles F 43 10,000
53 AUCHER Romain M 32 7,811
54 Kevin Clark M 45 7,045
55 Jeff Goon M 46 6,700
56 Anthony Parendo M 67 6,666
57 Melissa Talbot F 41 5,319
58 Jackson P M 10 5,001
59 Doug Miner M 54 5,000
60 Tristan B M 12 3,275
61 Dalton B M 8 3,246
62 Kaylee S F 8 3,005
63 Ashlee S F 6 2,431
64 Ethan S M 5 2,423
65 Allie B F 5 1,643
66 Brayden B M 4 1,120
67 James Tsao M 42 0
68 Stephanie Batcheller F 53 0
69 Richard Freeman M 55 0
70 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 0
71 Tracy Clark F 45 0
72 Tim Strasburger M 16 0
73 Ben S M 13 0
74 Marie Armstrong F 52 0
75 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
76 Rocket Man M 38 0
77 Tom Pinckney M 66 0
78 Mike Crossley M 54 0
79 Andrea Cosmin F 53 0
80 barbara grandberg F 60 0
81 Pat Schlueter M 65 0


Total Challenge Meters as of 0800 MDT on March 17th = 1,172,406 m

[Kona2]

The Madness Continues....Day 17

We continue to be well represented on the March Madness Challenge Boards with 36 teammates participating in the overall Challenge, and 22 Lunies in the 10K+ Challenge. Keep going....keep going....keep going!

In all the Madness of yesterday, completely neglected to mention that it was St Urho's Day....a grand celebration for Finns and Minnesotans that occurs each 16 March to celebrate the Great Grasshopper Drive out of Finland...to save the grapes! Similar to St Patrick's Day, it involves much celebration, parades, and colorful costumes...although St Urho's color is purple. What caught my eyes was the traditional poem that goes with St. Urho's Day...I will be remembering this first line in my sleep...

Ooksie kooksie kollme vee
Santia Urho is the boy for me
He chase out the hopper as big as pirds
Never before have I heard those words
He really told those bugs of green
Bravest Finn I ever seen
Some celebrate for St. Pat and his snake
But that Urho boy got what it takes
He got tall and strong on feelia sour*
And ate Kalla Mojakkaa** every hour
Thats why that guy dould chase those beetles
That crew as thick as jack pine needles
So let's give a cheer
in our very best way
On the sixteenth of March
St. Urho's Day!

* sounds like yogurt
** some type of fish soup



Season meters as of 320/365 = 111,910,479 m

Total meters on the day = 498,663 m ....almost a cool half million!

Oars in space (participation) = 37 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.9 MM David A
1.9 MM Ross
1.4 MM K2
1.4 MM Tim P
200 K Collin

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Ron with (49,434 m) to go!

David A with (95,812 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch: More people entering this countdown by the day! Woot!

Jim B with (31,564 m) to go!

Sam with (73,008 m) to go!

David T with (74,000 m) to go!

Ross with (95,261 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch: Can you believe it?!

Mike G, the man in the white hat, stops short of the ONE million meter milestone ... he needs (1,654 m) to get across that milestone marker....his discipline is to row 10K...and so he did...

Thanks to all who rowed today - you've earned another virtual pot of gold:

Brayden m
Allie m
Ashlee 1,216 m
Ethan m
Kaylee 1,502 m
Tris 1,620 m
Dalton 1,625 m
MT 2,736 m
Mario Jackson 3,000 m
Tony m
Andre 5,000 m
Bobbie 5,006 m
Tammy 5,007 m
Benny 5,221 m
AJ 5,259 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Harold
Rich m
Rick 6,376 m
Ronnie
Karyn 8,262 m
Peter G 9,500 m
Collin 10,000 m
Jim B 10,000 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Mike G 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Jim K 10,020 m
K2 m
Tom M 11,491 m
David A 11,655 m
Mitch J m
Cathie 12,800 m
Rodrigo-go-go 12,912 m
Dan S 14,659 m
Ron 15,564 m
Rosita 15,585 m
Jay 15,600 m
Danno 16,367 m
David T 18,000 m
Sam 18,000 m
Baz 20,000 m
Kiba 20,000 m
Will S 20,000 m
James G 20,560 m wowzer!
Ross m
Minnie 23,734 m
Tim P 24,280 m

[rsdavr]

Today is also the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy
Ron

To celebrate, maybe we should change the team name to "Italiatics" and row to Rome and back again. While there were could sample a few of their fine adult beverages?
Ross

[bg]

trying to catch up...welcome to all the new folks....and goooooo luna-ics....

[enrage]

did a few extra meters today to bump us in the 3rd spot.

[BAZzy]

Hard to believe but the weekend is upon us again, well on this side of the date-line at least. And no little athletics this Saturday as season is over, as much as I enjoy it! So TomO and I will try and get out on the water in the kayaks, at least until rugby season starts.....

Good weekend to all, row strong, and might even have that stout I’ve been promising myself, given it was St Pat’s Day yesterday, and still is somewhere in the world!

Cheers, BBB

[MikeG]

Hi team,
I just want to say thank you for all the motivation this board gives! I wanted to go by 1,000,000 slowly to reflect on what I have rowed since I started in December. I am in awe of the numbers our team member puts up and also other rowers on the board.
TMITWH.