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

[Kona2]

Cool - new graphics to save!

Thanks, everyone for all the good wishes - onward to that 10 MM goal next....and I would need several lifetimes to get to 999,999,999 m !

[Jodi]

Kona 999,999,999 is a totally awesome number! How many years have you been rowing to obtain that?! Amazing! Congratulations, you go girl!

Thanks for the rotating stars, very cool!

[Kona2]

Kona 999,999,999 is a totally awesome number! How many years have you been rowing to obtain that?! Amazing! Congratulations, you go girl!

Thanks for the rotating stars, very cool!

Hahaha - nope, I'm just at NINE million....not the gazillion years it would take to do 999 MM. And I have been rowing for a really really long time to just get to NINE million. I spent multiple years just getting to 1 MM since I was only rowing sporadically (and working maniacally). By the time I hit 1 million, Concept2 had moved from Model C to Model D machines....whoa. Now I try to get a couple million a year.

[Raoul]

Woohoo ! Just crossed the NINE million lifetime meter milestone - last of the single digits !! Hooyah !

As I have quite much time at the moment, let's give some ideas about what nine million meters are:

• You need only 1914000 more meters to complete your way to row AROUND the moon which is 10914 km in total. A must have for a real LUNATIC!

• There is no need for you to fly to Easter Island. If you want to get a look to these funny moai stone guys, just row there. You will only need a short row of about 7,4 million meters to get there from Denver, Colorado.

• Tahiti shouldn't be more than a short weekend trip for you with 7,84 million meters. Papeete is a nice island.

• Next time you do 9 million meters, just jump off and visit me. If you drop a phone call upfront, I'll make sure that we have some coffee and cookies ready for you (You might be VERY hungry after that row!). Zürich, Switzerland is only 8339000 meters away from your home.

9 million meters get you almost everywhere.

[BAZzy]

Woohoo ! Just crossed the NINE million lifetime meter milestone - last of the single digits !! Hooyah !

Great work K2!

And good to see Danno back in the saddle.......
Cheers, BBB

[BAZzy]

[quote="Kona2Oh definitely....I am still pursuing these bunny trails of the mind...just haven't had time to input some of the episodes of late. Today was the top ten adventures....virtual Australia. Mars might be the red planet, but it is said that Australia is the red continent. I was looking for an Australian map that I could use to highlight where these adventures were...and another 20 minutes slipped by. So, decided in the interest of getting some rowing in myself that I would just list these gems. They were compiled by a couple with the last name of Moon....

1. Explore Rottnest Island (I mean, really - who could resist?)
2. Fish for barra....the text read "the barra's strike is like a missile shot from a hidden sub". That sounded pretty cool. Was a barra a barracuda? Apparently is something called a barramundi (unlike a coatimundi)
3. See Arnhem Land's aboriginal art (there was a bit about being in a cavern with a paperbark torch - that sounded pretty cool, too)
4. Find Uluru's Secrets...
5. Snorkel with seals ...er...maybe not.
6. Walk the Finders Ranges. Now this one was of particular interest because the Heysen Trail (1500 km in length) sounded pretty accessible from many different locations.
7. Canoe the Jardine River. We might have heard about the Jardine River from Baz...looks close to where he might explore.
8. Explore Cape York.
9. Kickback on Fraser Island ...like Rottnest Island, I was not easily able to locate just where this might be, but it sounded like it might have better air.
10. Explore Victoria's Alps. Australia has alps? Alpine National Park in fact.

[/quote]

Crikey...I’m ready to jump into ‘The Landy’ and head off.

You’ve just above covered all of the (red) continent with the places you’ve named, and you’d be happy to go to any one of those places. Ron Moon is a four-wheel drive adventurer that has written a number of guide books...

1.. Rottnest Island just off the coast from Perth – home of the Quokka (little kangaroo type animal)

2.. Barra, best fish in the work and they grow very large, crocodiles love them!

3.. Arnhem Land... we had hoped to go mid-year 2012, but don’t think I’ll be able to get holidays.

4.. Uluru (Ayers Rock) not sure about the secret’s...but steeped in aboriginal history.

5..I’ll leave others to do that, Great White Sharks have a tendency to swim (eat) them also. Scuba diver, black suit = seal to a Great White...

6..Flinders Ranges is a beautiful place and if anyone wants to come and walk the Heysen Trail, give me a call I’m in!

7..Jardine River is in Cape York, we tend to be a little West in the Gulf Savannah. But I’ll leave others to canoe the Jardine as it is full of salt-water crocodiles the size of houses!

8..Yep, definitely, but leave your canoe and bring a fishing line for the Barra!

9.. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world just off the Queensland coast near Maryborough (500 kilometres north of Brisbane). The last time I went there was to watch Hayley’s Comet from the northern most tip of the island. Great place, has a large dingo population, and if you sit on the sand dunes at the dip of the island you can watch a constant procession of sharks in the shallows.

10..The Alpine region is quite spectacular, and Janet, Thomas and I have been numerous times. In fact we are spending a week in the foothills on the New South Wales side just after Christmas.

C'mon over and enjoy what the Red Continent has to offer, and the O'Malley's would gladly throw a prawn (shrimp!!) on the Barbie for ya!

Cheers, BBB

[Kona2]

Welcome back, Michelle! And, she's earned her reindeer with antler lights already ! She's adding $2.88 to the Concept2 donation !

Bella (Michelle)

[Kona2]

Hooboy! Sam's been putting in some major meters here in the last few days....that meter dial is really spinning ! Yep, his reindeer is going to be adorned with antler lights and freed up in the same day.

Fireball (Sam)

[Kona2]

Also welcome back to Matt F and Anne N !

24 or 25 days to go !




Concept2 Challenge Donations Earned:

Luna-Tics Team = $ 38.92

Concept2 Overall = $ 261.96



Thought for sure the Concept2 rowing universe would all tip the $$$ up to $300 yesterday, but we're not quite to that first ONE percent of the donation dollars just yet. We're close ! Still, the Luna-Tics team members have made some mighty contributions! We're providing 13 percent of the overall dollars!

Cool info from Raoul on where 9 million meters will take you! Thanks for putting that list together! I've been fortunate enough to have done some hiking and biking in Switzerland - and it was all amazing! And no bears there.

Season meters as of 213/365 = 82,663,923 m

Total meters on the day = 3,144,158 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent - great for a Monday, Monday

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.05 MM Ron - with back to back full marathons....
3.65 MM Cathie
2.4 MM Jim K
2.4 MM Ronnie
1.05 MM Sam

Million Meter Watch:



Will S with (40,003 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch :


Minnie with (115,714 m) to go!

Brett with (189,388 m) to go!



Million Meter Watch:



Peter G with (17,000 m) to go!

Charles B with (29,340 m) to go!

Raoul with (52,727 m) to go!

Chris H with (95,650 m) to go!




THANKS to all who rowed today ! !

Ethan 605 m
Ashlee 775 m
Kaylee 875 m
Steven D 1,024 m
Bobbie 1,500 m
Mary O 2,097 m
Rosi 2,401 m $ 3.06
Jim 3,810 m $ 4.63
Marty 4,000 m ... might be getting close to that reindeer...I'll have to check!
Jodi 4,232 m
Tom M 4,487 m
K2 4,690 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
Anne N 5,500 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Lee 7,000 m
Mike G 7,021 m
Robyn 7,029 m $ 2.28
Karyn G 7,573 m
Tony m
Matt 7,874 m
Wim 8,094 m
Zander 9,525 m $ 2.48
Dave H 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Ted 11,001 m
Tammy 11,100 m
bg m
David T 12,000 m
Roger 12,000 m
Greg H 12,502 m
Anita 13,400 m $ 3.51
Richard T 13,485 m $ 4.06
Ross 13,672 m
Dan E 13,683 m
James G enrage 13,929 m ...great ! you're recovering !
Danno 14,000 m
David A 14,447 m
Baz 15,000 m
Ronnie 15,000 m ...you go, girl ! $ 3.08
Sam 15,300 m $2.00
Cathie 18,600 m $2.88
Kristine - 20,000 m ...whoa..back to back 20K's
Jay 26,611 m $ 4.60
Ron 44,195 m $ 5.46 m
Tom R 58,739 m - great update
Michelle 2,635,494 m $ 2.88

[bg]

WELCOME TO ALL YOU NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS WAY TO ROW SAM AND MICHELLE
Lots and lots of riendeer. "Looks like we got us a convoy"
Lunatics Rock
Ron

thanks for saying what i wanted to ron with great graphics....

[Kona2]

Comet (Ron) gets his antler lights !

200K milestone in 6 days...whoa.


Woohoo! Congratulations on gaining those antler lights, Ron ! And earning $ 6.40 towards Vermont assistance sure has to mean a lot to you as well. Well done !

[Kona2]

And woohoo to all the Concept2 rowers....we've gotten to the ONE percent mark on that donation thermometer with donations now totalling over $315 ! So many people are on the verge, the edge, the precipice of tipping their meter levels to the $$$ side of the equation. C'mon ....ROW ROW ROW !

PERCENT !!!

[big maq]

Congrats K2 on your 9 million meters

Mitch J

[Kona2]

Hooves clattering all over the place here at Reindeer Central - going to need to get the landing lights out soon just to direct the traffic with all these flight practices!

Lightning (Danno)

And Danno adds another $2 to the Concept2 donation as he completes 100K !

[Kona2]

Whoa...this is it....the LAST day of November! Whooosh....there goes another month! We are on a reindeer rowing roll ... eager to make our Concept2 donations! Overall, the Concept2 rowing universe has contributed TWO HUNDRED MILLION METERS so far in the last week, and the Luna-Tics have contributed 3.5 MM meters to that number....in-cred-i-ble !!

23 or 24 days to go !

Congratulations to Anita and Michelle for reaching the 100K Holiday Challenge milestone! Woot !



Concept2 Challenge Donations Earned:

Luna-Tics Team = $ 51.83

Concept2 Overall = $ 407.92



And if it seems like 200 million meters should be worth more than $407...you're right. So many of us and others throughout the Rowing Universe are THAT close to getting the dollars. Keep rowing....it's a trade of meters for bucks...and speaking of bucks....I read on the Alaska Division of Wildlife website that the theory is that since all the male reindeer shed their antlers in the Fall, and the gal reindeer keep theirs until spring when they calve, that Santa's reindeer are most likely gal reindeer with unisex names....who knew?!

Season meters as of 214/365 = 83,244,132 m

Total meters on the day = 580,209 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.35 MM Jay
4.1 MM Ron
2.65 MM Michelle
2.6 MM Rosi
2.1 MM Anita
1.7 MM Ross
1.65 MM Zander
1.55 MM Danno
600 K Wim
600 K Chuck
250 K Rick

Million Meter Watch:



Will S with (40,003 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch :


Minnie with (106,687 m) to go!

Brett with (189,388 m) to go!



Million Meter Watch:



Peter G with (8,000 m) to go!

Charles B with (29,340 m) to go!

Raoul with (52,727 m) to go!

Chris H with (80,650 m) to go!




Thanks to all who rowed today !

Ethan 700 m
David T 1,000 m
Ashlee 1,001 m
Kaylee 1,009 m
Bobbie 2,500 m
Marty 4,118 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
Kristine 5,000 m
Mitch TSF 5,000 m
Mike G 7,011 m
Mitch J 7,286 m
Karyn G 7,448 m
Chuck 7,500 m
BJ 8,523 m
Peter G 9,000 m
Minnie 9,027
Wim 9,084 m
Noelle 9,150 m
Zander 9,300 m
Tony m
Gail 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Greg C 10,373 m
Ted 11,010 m
Ross 11,074 m
Ronnie m
Sam 11,700 m
Dave H 12,000 m
Tammy 12,000 m
Roger 12,426 m
Rosi 12,500 m
Anita 13,298 m
Dennis 13,453 m
Dan E 13,650 m
Tim P 14,056 m
David A 14,393 m
Chris H 15,000 m
Terry B 15,006 m
Jim 16,100 m
Danno 20,000 m
Ken G 20,000 m
K2 21,097 m
Cathie 21,700 m
bg m
Ron 24,097 m
Bernie 28,044 m
Michelle 31,500 m
Jay 33,300 m