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

[Kona2]

Whoa....poisonous spiders....new hazards of rowing in Australia?!!

On a more festive note, happy Cinco de Mayo - and welcome back to another crew member, Tom R! Crew celebrates first million meters of the season!

Season meters as of 4/365 = 1,120,882 m

Total meters on the day = 291,010 m

Oars in space = 52 percent!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

100K Kiba

Half Marathons # 1 and 2 Dan

Half Marathon #1 Ted

Half Marathon # 1 Dave H

ROWED THE DISTANCE: Huge Amounts of Meters In 24 Hr Period

Red Giant Dan C with 53,754 m
Full Moon Wild Bill with 43,000 m
Half Moon Kiba with 30,000 m

And thanks to today's rowers....for ALL the kinds of meters:

Dan T 2,500 m
Mary 5,042 m
Gina 6,404 m
Peter G 6,500 m
Tom R 8,618 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Kevin 12,000 m
Mitch F "Terra Sanitatis" 12,711 m (Can you share the meaning of the new name?)
Rick 13,467 m
Will S 15,019 m
Baz 19,701 m
Dave 21,097 m
Ted 21,097 m
Kiba 30,000 m
Wild Bill 43,000 m
Dan 53,754 m

Have a great rowing day.....row lots of meters!

[DuluthMoose]

I'm back.... Is there another challenge going on? Some of you are still posting huge numbers!

Gina - Thanks for posting the news story. Your daughter is incredibly calm and cool in front of a camera. And Mankato is in south central Minnesota in Agriculture country. I live 300 miles north in north east Minnesota in the northwoods. Different worlds...

Dan - I'll see your New Glarus Spotted Cow and raise you an Uff Da!

Kiba - Good to see your post. Hope to see more! Is the ice off the lakes in London, Ontario! I think my Lee Valley Tool catalog is based from your fine city.

My wife and I had two fine days on the Current River, although they were rainy and storm threatening. On the third day we went from "flood watch" to "80% chance of flood warning" so we went to the general store to take a look at the weather radar. With thunderstorms and heavy rain breaking out 100 miles west of us, we decided to break camp and bail out. The river was rising and it had been just a little "pushy" the day before. Most everyone there decided not to push their luck. So we packed up our muddy wet gear and took the long way home along the Mississippi River. We had intended to paddle for as many as 5 days and we had only 2. But they were certainly memorable days. Here is a picture of a proposal for marriage that happened about 3 miles downriver on our Thursday paddle in the rain!
http://www.pbase.com/sloopsailor/image/112045057
I think that was pretty classy and about as romantic as a river rat can get! And she said YES!

[just27]

Whoa....poisonous spiders....new hazards of rowing in Australia?!!

Okay ... I just had to do it:

[Kona2]

No wonder these Aussies are good rowers - they have to be pretty sturdy folk to wrangle giant spiders, avoid sharks with lasers while kayaking....looks like the safest spot to live is in the middle of the continent.....

[Dave_H]

Whoa....poisonous spiders....new hazards of rowing in Australia?!!

Okay ... I just had to do it:

A sadly innacurate effort Chris... Danni Minogue does not live in Sydney any more!
Also, it fails to mention Sabre Tooth Wombats, and the scary >>Drop Bears<<!

[BAZzy]

Whoa....poisonous spiders....new hazards of rowing in Australia?!!

Okay ... I just had to do it:

A sadly innacurate effort Chris... Danni Minogue does not live in Sydney any more!
Also, it fails to mention Sabre Tooth Wombats, and the scary >>Drop Bears<<!

Hahahah..had a good laugh, but you are right Dave..gotta watch those Drop Bears; trouble in more ways than one!

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Big maq has signed the team roster.....new model E now has some meters on it!


AJ, Kenneth and Darryl have all signed in as well ! Team now numbers 37 ! Hooyah!

[Kiba]

Kiba - Good to see your post. Hope to see more! Is the ice off the lakes in London, Ontario! I think my Lee Valley Tool catalog is based from your fine city.

Lee Valley Tools is here in London, it's pretty awesome that you get their catalogue.

We got our last snow in April and it's quickly becoming summer now.


BAZzy: I can't believe you kept rowing after you noticed the spider. If I notice so much as a non poisonous tree ant on the floor across the room I'm forced to get up and annihilate.. for fear it might infiltrate my home..

[just27]

A sadly innacurate effort Chris... Danni Minogue does not live in Sydney any more! Also, it fails to mention Sabre Tooth Wombats, and the scary >>Drop Bears<<!

Drop bears, funny ad ... but I don't understand a word they're saying, other than "tree" and "head" ... and, of course, the product placement ...

[Toothdoc]

We have a nasty little bugger down here in Fla known as the brown recluse.
Not very big and not very aggressive but if he/she bites you; ouch!

I am proud to announce that I just completed 12 Million LTM as of yesterday. That means another glass for my collection. At 13 I think I'll start my sock collection.

dc

[Toothdoc]

This week-end at my family gathering I was extolling the virtues of rowing and teeling the story of our team when someone said all that rowing kind of seems like a gerbil in a cage. Therefore I have been considering a name change to The Gerbil. Any thoughts on that one?

dc

[Kona2]

Danno ....our team has the whole universe to experience on our way to the moon...but all rats/rodents/gerbils should be left earthbound.....

[DuluthMoose]

Lee Valley Tools is here in London, it's pretty awesome that you get their catalogue.

When it comes to tools, I always go by this principle.... Its pennies more to go first class! Since I started carving canoe paddles over a decade ago, I have collected a considerable number of spokeshaves in my pursuit of finding the perfect shave to shape a paddle blade with. Then I bought a Lee Valley flat bottom shave. I was so impressed with this quality tool that I got the rounded and concave shaves as well for work on the grip, throat, and shaft of my paddles. They are pure pleasure to use.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx ... 50230&ap=1

[Kona2]

So....Moose, how long does it take you to make paddles....and how often do you replace them? (Or are you in pursuit of the perfect paddle?)

[Kona2]

Engineering reports that we are close to red-lining our rowing machine engines! Crew is jockeying for position.....communications officer reports that intra-team rankings are changing daily! Woohoo!

Season meters as of 5/365 = 1,459,490 m

Total meters on the day = 338,609 m

Oars in space = 70 percent (I do believe this is a new record!)

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

200K Wild Bill
100K Will S
100K Ba3z
100K Chris T

Half Marathons #4 and #5

ROWED THE DISTANCE: Ultra-distances rowed within a 24 hr period

FULL Moon = Greater than or equal to a full marathon

Wild Bill with 43,000 m

Chris T with 42,194 m

HALF Moon = Greater than or equal to a half marathon

Dan C with 31,206 m

Will S with 25,125 m

And thanks to the crew for ALL the kinds of meters - every meter counts!:

Jeff 2,013 m
Tony 3,333 m
Peter G 4,000 m
Mary 5,029 m
AJ 5,371 m
big maq (Mitch J) 5,668 m
Tom M 7,000 m
Teresa 7,027 m
Barbara 7,029 m
Lilia 7,500 m
Kenneth 7,888 m
Terry 8,135 m
Gina 8,239 m
Jan 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Ted 10,013 m
Tim 11,500 m
Darryl 14,423 m
Peter H 15,000 m
Bazzzzzy 17,915 m
Kiba 20,000 m
Will S 25,125 m
Dan 31,206 m
Chris 42,194 m
Wild Bill 43,000 m