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

[Toothdoc]

I guess moose aren't the most graceful looking on skiis. I wanted to get out skiing yesterday, but had to dig my mostly buried canoe trailer out of the snow and shovel a path to get it to my driveway, check it out, and load it up for a long trip south. Hopefully after packing for the trip, I will have a couple hours in the next 2 days to get out on the ski trails one more time before I leave. If you can log into Facebook, I posted a 30 sec video of me on the ski trail the last time out.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/video/?id=651145071
- Heavy Metal Moose

Moose,

Better bring the skis with you. It snowed in Pensicola yesterday and was 36 in Daytona this AM. Have a great trip.

Lefty for few more weeks

[Kona2]

Hooyah! The erg flywheel was spinning at the family Strasburger abode yesterday with our Captain and sons contributing a hefty full moon's worth of meters in their conquest of the Valentine Challenge (although Ben had already completed this)! And, welcome back to Gene B, who brings our crew roster back to 104.

Season meters as of 290/365 = 92,454,582 m

Total meters on the day = 219,811 m

Oars in space (participation) = 16 percent

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

Half moon for Gene B as he imports 29,576 m to the team piggy bank
Half marathon/moon for Barbara with 21,332 m

And thanks to all today's crew for moving us closer to the moon:

Lefty 3,991 m
Denise 5,076 m
Andrea 5,165 m
Rich 6,017 m
Sorin 7,000 m
Anne 8,000 m
Dave 10,000 m
Ben S 14,000 m
Kristine 14,000 m
Tim S 14,000 m
Tracy 14,015 m
Tim P 14,271 m
Baz 15,568 m
Karon 17,800 m
Bart 20,000 m
Barbara 21,332 m
Gene 29,576 m

Have a great rowing day....only 75 rowing days left in this rowing season!
Blue skies all around! Except in Vancouver where they need snow-filled skies.

[Kona2]

The Fall Rowing Challenge always starts our ramp up towards mega-team meters, the Holiday Challenge gets a lot of our team producing big daily meter totals, and the January Virtual Team Challenge wears on us a bit. But wait....there's more! We still have three events of import: March Madness is around the corner - think lots of green, lots of prizes for those rowing daily 5K or 10K amounts! The World Rowing Challenge puts all the teams (virtual, club, health, etc.) into the same pond and froth on the water as the oars churn. Look for North Texas and Community Rowing to duke it out on the meter boards. And, for those who relish gaining just that one more pin of the rowing year, there is the marathon...in all it's 42,195 m glory. Get your seat pads now because the fanny factor will be ever so real!



Season meters as of 291/365 = 92,657,055 m

Total meters on the day = 202,473 m

Oars in space (participation) = 17 percent

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

4.8 MM
2.4 MM Ted

Wowzer, our own Energizer Bunny Barbara is marching up the meter board with 24,151 m on the day for yet another half marathon/moon! She's going to be a 5 MM meter woman at least!
Ted with a half moon posting of 22,000 m!
And Minnie brings in half marathon # 195 on the year.

TWO Million Meter Watch:

with a few laps still to go (35,844 m)!
Mitch with (82,444 m) to go!
K2 with (85,000 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mike C takes the lead to the finish with (6,564 m) to go!
Mike M with (10,148 m) to go!
Teresa with (15,549 m) to go!
Angelo with (53,648 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters!

Rock 2,000 m
Tony 3,107 m
Steven D 4,094 m
Tracy 5,012 m
Tina 6,174 m
K2 6,277 m
Gina 7,707 m (whoa...thought you were taking a cue from Tony there.... )
Rick 10,000 m
Dan 11,620 m
Peter H 12,000 m
Mike C 12,000 m
Teresa 12,374 m
Mitch J 14,004 m
Tim 14,394 m
Darryl 14,462 m
Chris 21,097 m
Ted 22,000 m
Barbara 24,151 m

Have a marvelous day....wherever you row!

[Kona2]

Woohoo! The angels may have the phone box, but Mike C has his million meters! Congratulations on achieving a ONE million meter season, Mike! We wish you many, many more!

[bg]

Woohoo! The angels may have the phonebox, but Mike C has his million meters! Congratulations on achieving a ONE million meter season, Mike! We wish you many, many more!

wooo hooooo mike....

[Kona2]

Hooyah! Woohoo!! Congratulations, Teresa, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, many more!!

And....she's only 117K away from TWO million lifetime meters! Way to row!

[Kona2]

Space Shuttle Endeavor astronauts are putting the finishing touches on the additional room (appropriately named Tranquility) for the International Space Station today....good thing! Amazing that they've anticipated that we might need a stopover on our way to the moon! With all these celebrations we're having, we either need a space stopover or seatbelts on the ergs!

Buckle up!

Elsewhere, we've had sightings of an alien ship over New Berlin, Wisconsin....astonished neighbors reported hearing singing from the ship....it sounded remarkably like G - l - o - r - i - a !

Season meters as of 292/365 = 92,937,447 m

Total meters on the day = 280,392 m

Oars in space (participation) = 21 percent

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

1.1 Rich M
1.0 Mike C
1.0 Teresa

Bart with a couple of 20K updates for 40,000 m gets a half moon
Jim with 31,310 m gets a half moon
Kenneth G with a jazzy update of 30,471 m also earns a half moon
Rich, trying to row quickly enough to catch the alien ship and rescue G-l-o-r-i-a, rows 25,419 m for a half moon...sadly, he doesn't catch the aliens

TWO Million Meter Watch: aerial dogfights occurring in the western US....

Peter H with (25,844 m) to go!

Mitch with (69,434 m) to go!

K2 with (75,728 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch: Recent graduates have shortened the list! But there will be more!

Mike M with (10,148 m) to go!

Angelo with (53,648 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters!

Rock 2,303 m
Tony 3,102 m
G - l - o - r - i - a ! I guess we'll see if there's a ransom note...
Barbara 4,013 m
AJ 4,510 m
Karon 5,000 m
Karyn 6,298 m
Steven L 7,227 m
Gina 8,726 m
K2 9,272 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Chris 10,000 m
Tim 11,024 m
Mike C 12,000 m
Ted 12,000 m
Mitch J 13,010 m
Darryl 14,337 m
Teresa 17,037 m Wowzer! Great way to get across the 1 MM line!
Rich 25,419 m
Kenneth G 30,471 m
Jim 31,310 m
Bart 40,000 m

Have a blue sky rowing day - wherever and whenever you row!

[bg]

Hooyah! Woohoo!! Congratulations, Teresa, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, many more!!

And....she's only 117K away from TWO million lifetime meters! Way to row!

congrats teresa

[BAZzy]

Congrats to the recent milestones (Teresa & Mike C).......and go K2, not far to go!

Cheers
BBB

[Kona2]

Season meters as of 293/365 = 93,156,846 m

Total meters on the day = 219,399 m

Oars in space = 13 percent

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

600K Kristine

And thanks to all today's crew for rowing us closer to the moon:

AJ 4,767 m
Rick 6, 569 m
Steven L 7,208 m
K2 10,615 m
Rich 11,524 m
Steve O 11,780 m
Ted 12,000 m
Kenneth G 12,013 m
Greg H 12,508 m
Mitch 13,050 m
Bazzy 16,012 m
Chris 22,097 m
Will S 68,042 m

[just27]

Oars in space = 13 percent

No, no, Lunes ... don't give up rowing for Lent!

[Kona2]

We are in silent running mode....so here's a partial list of submarine movies....you can run silent, run deep....but do row!


Cold War

* Hell and High Water 1954 — a World War II surplus Japanese submarine
* On the Beach 1959, 2000 — a fictional USS Sawfish
* The Atomic Submarine 1959 — a fictional USS Tiger Shark
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 — a fictional USOS Seaview (science fiction/fantasy)
* The Bedford Incident 1965
* The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming 1966 — a fictional Soviet submarine Спрут (comedy)
* Ice Station Zebra 1968 — a fictional USS Tigerfish (SS-509) (In the novel: USS Dolphin)
* Assault on the Wayne, 1971 fictional missile submarine USS Wayne (also named in The Spy Who Loved Me)
* The Spy Who Loved Me — 1977 American, British and Soviet submarines
* Gray Lady Down 1978 — a fictional USS Neptune
* The Fifth Missile 1986 — a fictional USS Montana
* Full Fathom Five 1990 — a fictional USS Aspen versus the "Alpha Victor Three class submarine CCCP Kirov"
* The Hunt for Red October 1990 — a fictional Red October (Красный Октябрь), USS Dallas (SSN-700)
* Silent Service 1995 — Japan's first nuclear powered submarine (anime)
* Down Periscope 1996 — a fictional USS Stingray (SS-161) (comedy)
* Hostile Waters 1997 — K-219
* K-19: The Widowmaker 2002 — K-19

Post Cold War

* Crimson Tide 1995 — USS Alabama
* Sub Down: Take the Dive 1997
* Phantom, the Submarine 1999 — Korea's fictional first nuclear submarine ROKS Yuryong (its name means "the Phantom"), former Russian Sierra-class submarine.
* Danger Beneath the Sea 2001
* Phantom Below 2005

Future or Fantastic Past

* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1907, 1916, 1954, 1997, Hallmark, 1997, Village Roadshow — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (science fiction/fantasy)
* Atragon 1963 — the fictional Gotengo(anime)
* Yellow Submarine 1968 — (psychedelic fantasy)
* Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (science fiction/fantasy)
* The Neptune Factor 1973 — undersea rescue (science fiction)
* The Return of Captain Nemo 1978 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (science fiction/fantasy)
* Thundersub 1979 — (anime)
* The Abyss 1989 — a fictional USS Montana (science fiction/fantasy)
* Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 1989 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (anime)
* seaQuest DSV 1993; — (science fiction/fantasy)
* Super Atragon 1995; — (anime)
* Blue Submarine No. 6 1998 — (anime)
* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (fantasy)
* Submarine 707R 2004 — (anime)
* Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean 2005 — (World War 2, Science Fiction)
* Tide-Line Blue 2005 — (anime)

[BAZzy]

We are in silent running mode....so here's a partial list of submarine movies....you can run silent, run deep....but do row!


Cold War

* Hell and High Water 1954 — a World War II surplus Japanese submarine
* On the Beach 1959, 2000 — a fictional USS Sawfish
* The Atomic Submarine 1959 — a fictional USS Tiger Shark
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 — a fictional USOS Seaview (science fiction/fantasy)
* The Bedford Incident 1965
* The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming 1966 — a fictional Soviet submarine Спрут (comedy)
* Ice Station Zebra 1968 — a fictional USS Tigerfish (SS-509) (In the novel: USS Dolphin)
* Assault on the Wayne, 1971 fictional missile submarine USS Wayne (also named in The Spy Who Loved Me)
* The Spy Who Loved Me — 1977 American, British and Soviet submarines
* Gray Lady Down 1978 — a fictional USS Neptune
* The Fifth Missile 1986 — a fictional USS Montana
* Full Fathom Five 1990 — a fictional USS Aspen versus the "Alpha Victor Three class submarine CCCP Kirov"
* The Hunt for Red October 1990 — a fictional Red October (Красный Октябрь), USS Dallas (SSN-700)
* Silent Service 1995 — Japan's first nuclear powered submarine (anime)
* Down Periscope 1996 — a fictional USS Stingray (SS-161) (comedy)
* Hostile Waters 1997 — K-219
* K-19: The Widowmaker 2002 — K-19

Post Cold War

* Crimson Tide 1995 — USS Alabama
* Sub Down: Take the Dive 1997
* Phantom, the Submarine 1999 — Korea's fictional first nuclear submarine ROKS Yuryong (its name means "the Phantom"), former Russian Sierra-class submarine.
* Danger Beneath the Sea 2001
* Phantom Below 2005

Future or Fantastic Past

* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1907, 1916, 1954, 1997, Hallmark, 1997, Village Roadshow — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (science fiction/fantasy)
* Atragon 1963 — the fictional Gotengo(anime)
* Yellow Submarine 1968 — (psychedelic fantasy)
* Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (science fiction/fantasy)
* The Neptune Factor 1973 — undersea rescue (science fiction)
* The Return of Captain Nemo 1978 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (science fiction/fantasy)
* Thundersub 1979 — (anime)
* The Abyss 1989 — a fictional USS Montana (science fiction/fantasy)
* Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 1989 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (anime)
* seaQuest DSV 1993; — (science fiction/fantasy)
* Super Atragon 1995; — (anime)
* Blue Submarine No. 6 1998 — (anime)
* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003 — Jules Verne's fictional Nautilus (fantasy)
* Submarine 707R 2004 — (anime)
* Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean 2005 — (World War 2, Science Fiction)
* Tide-Line Blue 2005 — (anime)

and ... Das Boot (1981) Story of 42 raw recruits caught up in a war they didn't understand, and the Captain who must lead them in their struggle to survive. (watched it recently - great movie!)

Good weekend to all.....BBB

[acrewer]

Disclaimer....entered 2 days of workouts yesterday, I did not row that much in a single day! But I did reach 3.4 mil Lifetime.

[Kona2]

Good addition to the list, Bazzy! I'm sure there are more to add, and some that should be deleted! And the Aussies are celebrating Torah Bright's gold in the halfpipe!



Crew rallies with a few multi-day postings, and all is well in our rowing universe. Weekend is here!

Season meters as of 294/365 = 93,360,466 m

Total meters on the day = 203,620 m

Oars in space (participation) = 16 percent

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

4.6 MM Barbara

A couple of half marathon/moons for Barbara with what looks to be two days worth of meters at 47,391 m ! A lotta meters!
Bart earns a half moon with 30,000 m!
Minnie with half marathon # 196...zoom...zoom

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters...and for putting them in the team piggy bank !

Karon 883 m
Rock 2,000 m
Tony This could get interesting....the aliens have Tony again, too! Must be a party aboard the alien ship!
AJ 4,569 m
Tracy 5,687 m
Rich 6,001 m
Steven L 7,184 m
Bazzy 7,893 m
Mike C 8,013 m
G-l-o-r-i-a 000 m
Peter H 10,211 m
Tim 10,000 m
Jim 14,923 m
Gina 15,435 m
Chris 21,097 m
Bart 30,000 m
Barbara 47,391 m

Have a blue sky rowing day - wherever you row!