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

[William H]

Wild Bill 12,000 m ....it's practically a day off for you!

Well ... split times were going up, back was getting sore, knees were reminding me of their age - it was becoming un-fun.

So ... I'm backing off for a few days, varying my activities - smelling the roses.

Don't worry, I'll be back up to snuff in a couple of days

Did I mention it's hot here in the desert?

[just27]

I need to get a mat for my erg, cause I have officially upset my neighbours..

So ... I'm imagining that you're rowing merrily along in the wee hours of the morning, and Doggy-the-large-dog is galloping across the floor, enjoying the together time?? (And pizza is delivered at 2am? See, I aspire to your schedule!)

As Peter noted, I can't imagine that they would hear much through concrete floors.

[Kona2]

Whooooosh.....thump. Whooooosh.....thump. Whooooosh.....thump.

[TedCG]

"Ted 16,666 m......very sneaky"

And there it ends. It was a fun way to take advantage of some extra time.
Alas, alak! The real world's back, all that flack, get back on track, the end of slack.

[Kona2]

Another meter millionaire for the Luna-Tics crew! Congratulations Darryl on achieving a one million meter rowing season - and wishing you many more!

[Kona2]

And there it ends. It was a fun way to take advantage of some extra time.
Alas, alak! The real world's back, all that flack, get back on track, the end of slack.

It was fun
And now it's done.

[just27]

Another meter millionaire for the Luna-Tics crew! Congratulations Darryl on achieving a one million meter rowing season - and wishing you many more!

Good job, Darryl!

Our neighbors gave us some trout they'd just caught, and I was sorely tempted to call and ask how you fix it ... looks so delicious in your camping pictures.

[bg]

Another meter millionaire for the Luna-Tics crew! Congratulations Darryl on achieving a one million meter rowing season - and wishing you many more!

woo hooo darryl...congrats...

[BAZzy]

Another meter millionaire for the Luna-Tics crew! Congratulations Darryl on achieving a one million meter rowing season - and wishing you many more!

Good work Darryl........

Currently 20 degrees (c) in the harbour city...phew think we got rid of winter!

BBB

[Wilbury]

Speaking of temps, it's currently 108 degrees, with a high of 124 expected. It's tough just to walk around. We are located about 12 miles northwest of Baghdad. I have no vehicle, and almost no phone or internet access. It should get better.
Congrats on all the milestones reached thus far, and those to come. I'm almost into my routine, so I'm really looking forward to accumulating those meters.
Dan,
keep my rower from rusting up. I can't count on my kids to do that

[bg]

Speaking of temps, it's currently 108 degrees, with a high of 124 expected. It's tough just to walk around. We are located about 12 miles northwest of Baghdad. I have no vehicle, and almost no phone or internet access. It should get better.
Congrats on all the milestones reached thus far, and those to come. I'm almost into my routine, so I'm really looking forward to accumulating those meters.
Dan,
keep my rower from rusting up. I can't count on my kids to do that

124...yikes....be careful out there.....

[Kona2]

Crew loves a celebration! We have another meter millionaire! Two in one day! Congratulations to Tim P on achieving a one million meter season - and wishing you many more!

Way to row!

[DuluthMoose]

Thanks for the Congrats and the Fireworks!

And Congrats to Tim P on crossing that million meter mark within the last day also!

Chris- Hope that trout turned out tasty however you cooked it. You are starting with tasty stuff, so chances are real good it turned out well.

Here is how I cook up larger trout (2 to 6 pounders with up to 1.5 inch thick fillets) at the campsite. Fillet and remove skin from fillet, if belly meat is still on fillet cut off and discard about 1 inch of belly meat from each fillet. Cut fillets into 6" long or so chunks. Chunks should be drained of water but still moist. Put a 1/2 cup of bisquick in a quart baggie, put no more than one fry pan full of fillet chunks into baggie at a time, make the bag as big a volume as you can and then hold the top of the bag shut (capturing a volume of air), and shake until covered with bisquick. It's best to shake your fillets immediately before they go in the fry pan. Put your fry pan on the stove, add equal parts of canola oil and squeeze parquet margarine (enough to just about cover the bottom of the fry pan) and bring the pan up to sizzle before you add the fillets. The sueeze parquet is what I use for camping convenience, any margarine or butter will do. Adjust your heat down to about medium low and add the fillets. Sprinkle salt, pepper, and lemon pepper on each fillet. Loosely cover the fry pan, and be sure the heat is high enough to keep the fish frying. Also be sure there is enough oil in the pan so that you can see it frying all the way to the edges. Add more if necessary. Bisquick and margarine will scorch and burn if your heat is too high, but these two ingredients give that wonderful golden brown on your fillet. After 5 minutes flip the fillets over sprinkle with salt, pepper, and lemon pepper and cover. Thin fillets (less than 3/4 inch thick) will be done in another 5 minutes. For thicker fillets I flip again 10 minutes and again a 15 minutes (20 minutes total for 1.5 inch thick fillets). For really big trout I would cut 1.5 inch steaks (cross cut through the backbone and fry up the steaks rather than the hugely thick fillets. Or I'd grill it on the BBQ with a marinade baste, but that's another story. Bon appetite!

[Kona2]

What a day it was! Fireworks reigned and rained over our rowing universe in yesterday's rowing day! We also heard from a crew member posted in a remote region - good to hear from you Will S! Well done everyone! And speaking of things well done,
in addition to paddler awards, is sharing some great recipes for trout with us (thanks Chris for asking!). I found myself wishing for a campfire and some sizzling trout at 6 AM....not your usual breakfast! We'll need to add the master chef's hat to his canoe cap collection.

Season's meters as of 110/365 = 26,146,178 m (woohoo! 26 MM!)

Total meters on the day = 257,904 m

Oars in space = 30 percent

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

1.9 MM Dan
1.8 MM Chris
1.0 MM Darryl
1.0 MM Tim
800K Jim
600K K2

Chris with half marathon # 75
Dan with half marathon # 60
Barbara with half marathon # 23
Will S with half marathon #2 (that I have visibility to)
Half moon for Jim with 22,108 m posted

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Ted with (75,390 m) to go! Returns to 610s....

And thanks to today's rowers:

Ted 2,669 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Rick 6,654 m
Steven 7,224 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Dave H 10,000 m
Tim 11,662 m
David 12,148 m
Peter H 12,345 m
Darryl 14,406 m
K2 15,000 m
Baz 19,873 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 21,486 m
Jim 22,108 m
Will S 25,125 m
Dan 40,107 m

[Toothdoc]

[quote="Kona2"]

Congrats Darryl, How many would you have if counted canoe mileage? Row/Paddle Strong

Congrats Tim well done

Will, I loosened it monday and tuesday but temp and humidity to high today, plus I had a brain cramp(ie Dain Bramage) this AM and decided to stay in bed.

dc