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

[DuluthMoose]

Luna-Tic Stats for January 23, 2009
brought to you by DuluthMoose, subbing for, but not up to Kona2’s usual high standards….
You’ll have to prove it to me if you think that I’ve erred. Otherwise this report is as perfect as I’ll ever get.

Season meters to date = 52,321,565 m!

Total meters for January 23 = 192,449

22 percent of our oars in the water.


Milestones!

Congratulations on the "Half
Moon" for Rodrigo, Will H, and Tom P

2.8 mm Will H
1.5 mm Peter V
700 k Tom P

And today's stars are:

Will H 38,905 m
Rodrigo 22,284 m
Tom P 22,000 m
Chris T 15,050 m
Moose 14,620 m
Mary H 10,078 m
Tim S 10,008 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Peter H 15,000 m
Ken 7,516 m
Mike C 7,500 m
Tony 6,405 m
Joe 6,276 m
Ben 4,503 m
Peter V 4,000 m


Here is a picture of a graceful, but fast and very seaworthy single or tandem rowing boat. It's called an Adirondack Guide Boat and was developed in New England before outboard motors existed. They were light enough to portage, although a canoe is much lighter. Fishing guides would row their angler clients quickly and safely in these boats.

Let’s Go Row Team!

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[tom pinckney]

DuluthMoose: beautiful quality boat. Amazingly, I was looking at the same boat from Adirondack Guide Boats yesterday. I'm considering purchasing the pack boat or the next size up (I think it's called the guide boat) for some exercise and for something to fish from. I want one that is Kevlar (cedar is too expensive). Trouble is, there's no place locally (I live in Gaithersburg, Md) that I can try one out. Wondering how you like rowing it and which model do you reccomend? I'm also wondering what's the difference between this boat and a canoe? They both look the same to me. Thanks - Tom

[just27]

Here's an email just received from Kona-2, having fun in New Zealand (middle of summer).

From: Kona-2
Sent: 1/24/2009 6:03:27 P.M. Mountain Standard Time
Subj: Hola!

Here we are in Maori land - no phone access, but finally have an in room internet access. Woohoo! Looks like the team is holding up well in 4th place. For some reason, I cannot log in to make a comment so you will have to cheer them all onward. Group we are with is good - scenery is stunning, and hills are not too bad thus far. Hotels on the beach for last two evenings! Gotta love summertime!

J aka K2

[Toothdoc]

Here is a picture of a graceful, but fast and very seaworthy single or tandem rowing boat. It's called an Adirondack Guide Boat and was developed in New England before outboard motors existed. They were light enough to portage, although a canoe is much lighter. Fishing guides would row their angler clients quickly and safely in these boats.

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Moose,

A rightess craft indeed. My personal fav. Wish I could afford one. Maybe I could build one. Are you available to winter in FL next year to help with the construction?

dc

[Dave_H]

Cheers to all the Ducks we meet on our way to the moon.

Chris

Great image Chris! - and thanks for the update from K2. Surprisingly (given the reputation of NZ'ers... ) we saw more cattle than sheep farms in our tour of the South Island. Apparently market conditions over the last few years have caused a shift in farm activities...

For marathons C2 says if you want to rank your time:
1. At least one support person must be present throughout the marathon attempt. This person will keep a log of your meters rowed at intervals throughout the marathon and will serve as your witness upon successful completion. This person is also helpful to be there if you run into any trouble or need extra water, etc...

Is this really mandatory/ necessary if you are using the countdown timer and don't let it "time-out"? I can understand it if you are manually logging times/ distances, or as Dan mentioned in a gym moving from machine to machine... however when using the countdown/ logcard you can't help but include all breaks can you?
Note that whilst asking this, my wife is always around/ in and out of the room while I am rowing (of course sometimes Oprah can distract her! ) We are pretty conscious of this, as a couple of years ago I had a heart attack after a pretty full-on 20 minute row! (Funny thing was that I bought the C2 in response to concerns of lack of exercise and weight issues potentially leading to a heart-attack! Turned out I had no cardiovascular disease, and literally tore the artery by "overdoing it" on the erg! Hence you won't find me going all-out to shave a few seconds off my 2k time, & recommend everyone monitors their heart-rate while "going-for-it"! )

Cheers,
Dave

[Kona2]

Hi ya team mates! I have to hand it to you, Chris - you found a photo of the very sign that we laughed at today of the bicyclist getting tossed. This sign is posted by the kind of bridge where cars and trains share a single lane - guess you know that bikes are much lower on the food chain.

As to the sheep vs cows thing, the one that amazed me the most thus far (well, there were 2) was the captive deer. It just seems strange to raise deer in this manner - yet perhaps we do this stateside! The other thing was the difference in kind of possum they have here and the kind that hang from their tails.....

My kiwi phrase for today was "she'll be right" meaning everything will turn out ok!

Finish strong, Luna-Tics! You're getting closer to the end of the challenge, and I am delighted to see you are rowing well! Will check in as I can.

[Dave_H]

Hey Jan, good to hear from you - however its time for a quick Australia vs. New Zealand "101":
Australia and New Zealand love taking things from each-other! (We would give Russell Crowe back, but he is on our stamps now...).
"She'll be right" is as Australian as "G'day" - it's an old outback saying from "way back" and is often used to describe the Australian attitude (apathy? ) - and it is like their hide to tell you otherwise! (I saw numerous t-shirts listing the Kiwi "vernacular", and about 50% have been common terms here for decades longer than over there!)
The Ring-Tailed Possum is something Australia "gave" to NZ - and it is definitely the biggest problem we have ever presented them with. It has taken over a lot of the local fauna habitats (as there are no real predators for them over there) and is not good.

I have to stick up for OZ - "Australia Day" starts here in a couple of hours time - Chris, assuming you still have an Aussie passport... time to wave the flag, grab a beer while you fire up the barbie, and rip out a few verses of Waltzing Matilda!
Avagoodweekend everyone!

[DuluthMoose]

We are in fourth place overall this morning and rowing strong!

There are 7 more days to row in the JVC! Lets meet those personal goals this week!

Congratulations to the following milestone achievers:

800 k Will H
400 k Chris T
300 k Ted C-G
200 k Michael A
100 k Joe Bennett
Way to Row!!!!

JVC Team STARS for the Day
Kiba Chan 60,000 meters
Dan Cox 50,235 meters
David Hunter 45,299 meters
Will Haag 42,195 meters
Dan Roden 26,000 meters
Joe Bennett 25,621 meters
Kristine Strasburger 21,097 meters
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 20,000 meters
Awesome!!!!

January Virtual Team Challenge Individual Standings

Name Total Event Meters
David A. Alden 186,174
Michael Anderson 207,074
Darryl Bathel 347,993
Kristine Bay 49,044
Joseph Bennett 110,935
Alistair Black 71,321
Noelle Boyle 0
Pat Byron 4,075
Kiba Chan 580,000
Andrea Cosmin 161,096
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 301,000
Daniel Cox 561,404
Mike Crossley 37,996
Chris Czech 151,921
Nancy Flagg 2,300
Karyn Gallagher 220,379
Rodrigo Garcia 123,269
barbara grandberg 34,758
David Grasfield 91,000
Nigel Greene 101,563
Kenneth Guenther 180,639
William Haag 817,195
Mary Harper 231,302
Robert Hess 95,000
Dawn Howe 28,000
David Hunter 446,201
Peter Huurman 165,000
Bil Kerrigan 94,785
Steven Larky 232,000
Gina Levy 123,284
John Longmire 192,662
Dana Mitchell 57,020
Jane Newall 0
Orion Newall-Vuillemot 0
Anais Newall-Vuillemot 0
Elias Newall-Vuillemot 0
Laurie Pachter 72,663
Angelo Papadopoulos 83,076
Anthony Parendo 191,762
Tom Pinckney 500,000
Tim Porter 153,879
Dan Rhoden 464,000
Debbie Rohlwing 15,923
Tom Rosengarth 54,952
Will Salach 575,399
Eva-Kristin Schuster 143,206
Sorin Spanoche 20,000
Andrea Spoehr 0
Jan Stevenson 106,111
Kristine Strasburger 196,890
Keith Strasburger 44,946
Tim Strasburger 51,366
Ben Strasburger 33,046
Chris Tudury 405,875
AJ Tudury 127,865
peter verdirame 109,000
Debbie Vuillemot 6,003
Andy Ward 4,000
Nicole Williams 3,423
Will Worthwine 105,404

Total Challenge Meters as of 5:36 AM CST = 9,475,179 m

Total Meters on the Day = 497,050 m


Incredible Rowing Yesterday, Team!
and ROW STRONG TODAY!

[DuluthMoose]

Luna-Tic Stats for January 24, 2009
brought to you by DuluthMoose, subbing for, but not up to Kona2’s usual high standards….
You’ll have to inform me if you’ve rowed a HM or FM if your meters do not show 21,097 or 42,195.
And you’ll have to prove it to me if you think that I’ve erred.
Otherwise this report is as perfect as I’ll ever get.

Season meters to date = 52,787,783 m!

Total meters for January 24 = 426,626! Awesome!

34 percent of our oars in the water!


Milestones!

Congratulatins on Full Moon Marathons
for Dan and Will H

And Full Moon on long distance
for Kiba and David H

Congratulations on the Half “Moon" Marathon for Kristine S #19

And Half Moon on long distance for Joe B

5.8 mm Will S
1.4 mm David H
400 k John L

And today's stars are:

Kiba 60,000 m
Dan C 50,235 m
David H 45,299 m
Will H 42,195 m
Joe B 25,621 m
Kristine 21,097 m
John L 18,352 m
Moose 14,509 m
Will S 14,187 m
Chris T 13,981 m
Mary H 10,140 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Keith S 9,657 m
Gina 8,803 m
Peter V 8,000 m
Mike C 7,500 m
Tim P 7,251 m
Tony 6,179 m
Steve J 5,600 m
Lauri 5,000 m



Sprints today! In a dragon boat ceremonial racer no less. Paddles Ready Crew!

Row Strong, Luna-Tics!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Having said that, however, and recognizing the value of the encouragement offered by our team, may I suggest an alternative?

I really like the Full Moon and Half Moon graphics as recognition for logging the equivalent (or more) of the FM/HM meters. I just don't like the fact that the "Marathon" verbiage is used.

How about we recognize these achievements and simply call them "Full Moons" and "Half Moons?"

Thoughts?

Wild Bill

Wild Bill,

I really like your idea here. Let's save the "marathon" verbiage for the actual official accomplishments of these distances according to the rules, and use "Full Moons" and "Half Moons" to recognize a person's adding to the team meters for the day. It is all in fun and for encouragement, anyways.

What say you, Moose of the Records? Shall we give that a try?

[Kristine Strasburger]

I just popped in to the Ducks and the Timbuktu team rooms to cheer them on on behalf of the LUNA-TICS team. They have both posted here occasionally, and have been friendly and helpful to us. Feel free to spread LUNA-TICS goodwill among the other teams as we near the end of this challenge.

[DuluthMoose]

What say you, Moose of the Records? Shall we give that a try?

Aye, Aye, Capt'n! New course is set retroactive today! But since this course is in uncharted territory, let me know if there is tweaking to be done yet!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Moose,

I see what you have retroactively done. How about dropping the "moon" term and the pictures from the marathon distances? And putting all qualifying names under the "Moon" terms with the pictures, so sometimes some people will end up having their names fall under two categories.

Feedback from the team now?

[DuluthMoose]

Moose,

I see what you have retroactively done. How about dropping the "moon" term and the pictures from the marathon distances? And putting all qualifying names under the "Moon" terms with the pictures, so sometimes some people will end up having their names fall under two categories.

Feedback from the team now?

Aye, Aye Capt'n. I'm not sure I'm following you, but from what I understand what you be say'n, it should look something like this.....


Luna-Tic Stats for January 24, 2009
brought to you by DuluthMoose, subbing for, but not up to Kona2’s usual high standards….
You’ll have to inform me if you’ve rowed a HM or FM if your meters do not show 21,097 or 42,195.
And you’ll have to prove it to me if you think that I’ve erred.
Otherwise this report is as perfect as I’ll ever get.

Season meters to date = 52,787,783 m!

Total meters for January 24 = 426,626! Awesome!

34 percent of our oars in the water!


Milestones!


Congratulations to Dan C, Will H, Kiba, and David H!


Congratulations to Kristine and Joe B!

5.8 mm Will S
1.4 mm David H
400 k John L

etc, etc, etc

[grams]

I couldn't resist posting on your site when I saw the 'Oz' references. My husband and I were in Oz about 5 years ago and did some amazing things there.

Thats me in back of the camel train. Five days & nights way way out in the outback north of Coober Pedy off the Oodenatta track on a camel safari. Its the most remote place I have ever been. I play my digeredoo music while rowing and think of my long walk with the camels.

For all you Lunatics the night sky was absolutely amazing. No artificial lights for hundreds of miles, and absolutely clear skies!

My husband rode a pushbike (dirtbike in English American) from Port Augusta on the south coast to Birdsville (in the middle of nowhere) along the Birdsville track (500 miles I think) in 2 weeks. He was with a supported group. You can't carry enough water to support yourself through that terrain and heat. He was often at the back, hence no one on the horizon, but he made it even though he is diabetic.

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