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

[bg]

great photos, k2...and a belated welcome and welcome back to all of the new folks :}

[Kona2]

It's a wrap....and a celebration of achievement!

While the Fall Team Challenge ended a week ago, several days are given for team members to input their final meters. Here's a quick recap of the milestones achieved by our two teams:

Luna-Tics Challenge Team .... 13,487,103 m in 31 days

500 m - 49,999 m: Jeff G, Don S, David B, Jodi, Kiba, Carolyn, Rick C, RIch, Terry B, David H, Brian M, Dave H, Lilia, Andy

50 K - 99 K: Pat S, Matt J, AJ, Tammy, Baz, Anna C, K2, Will W, Mike M, James G

100 K: Jane, Jennifer B, Roger, Bobbie, Bernie, Dana, Tom M, Peter G, Paul S

150 K: Ross, Dan W, David T, Ed McC, Marty, Peter Verdirame (the original Peter G!), Bruce

200 K Katerina, Rebecca, Steven L, Minnie, Robert H, Harold, TIm P, WIll S, Peter H

250 K: Tim K, Ted, David A, Adam

300 K: Marie

350 K: Ed C

400 K: Tim G

450 K: Norton C

500 K: Michelle, bg, Danno

600 K: Cathie

850 K: Jay

1.05 MM Ron

Brett m

Overcoming Disabilities Challenge Team ...4,710,905 m in 31 days !

200 K Tanya, Nataliya

250 K Zander

300 K Anita, Sarah, Rivka

350 K Christa

450 K Sam, Ronnie, Rosi

500 K Jim K

Richard T: m

Season meters as of 173/365 = 83,698,559 m

Total meters on the day = 3,163,707 m

Oars in space (participation) = 21 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.8 MM Ron
3.5 MM Jay
2.85 MM Richard T
2.55 MM Michelle
1.95 MM Danno
1.75 MM David A
500 K Peter G ... a cool half million !

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us !

Gene 750 m
Jim 1,500 m
Nataliya 2,515 m
Anita 3,000 m
Christa 3,000 m
Zander 3,500 m
Jodie 4,000 m
Harold 4,022 m
Scott 4,200 m
Bobbie 4,500 m
Marty 6,104 m
Wim 6,813 m
Adam 7,500 m
Michelle 7,500 m
Peter G 7,718 m
Bernie 8,032 m
Baz 10,000 m
Greg H 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Ronnie m
Sam 12,000 m
Tim G 12,500 m
Jay 15,500 m
Robert H 20,000 m
Cathie 22,000 m
David A 34,668 m
Danno 34,984 m
Ron 38,097 m ... half marathon in there...

Skeleton Crew....it's creeping closer.....starts on Thursday!

[Kona2]

What a great Giants win!!!

[BAZzy]

Whoop, whoop! Congratulations, Danno, on achieving million lifetime meters!

And, an additional Whoop-Whoop, from me! Great rowing, Danno.
A most excellent number, I might add ...

Awesome!!!!

[BAZzy]

Baz, all of the climbing , racing, and adventure sports you participate are very exciting to read about. Some of us, live vicariously through these events. ( me for one) You know all the rowing you do when you train helps you to perform so well. So many of our teammates train on the C2 rower so we can do other sports or just live a more healthy and fulfilling life. Part time? Please! You like each and every one of my teammates, are full time participants in making life healthier for ourselves, families, and friends.
jim

Thanks Jim. mind you the whole family has gone down with a head cold. Janet had it as we headed off for the weekend, no we're all out for the count. Cheers, BBB

[brotherjim]

What a great Giants win!!!

Knowing my propensity for always choosing winners (Cubs, Dolphins), during the Tigers/Yankees series, I wore a 60's era Yankee cap (sorry Richard). I wore my brotherinlaws Cardinals visor during the Giants/ Redbirds series. Ummmm, I promise not to wear any Giants gear during the WS Robyn, nor Tigers either. Have cousins in MI who might get angry.

Baz, hope you and your family are feeling better
jim

[Drivetofast]

[Kona2]

Hey K2, I know you like numbers, so Happy Mole Day
Da Do Ron Ron

Happy Mole Day? Like chemistry mole?! Wow, Ron - that's a whole new celebration day - good job with the numbers!

The following descriptor is taken from Supremecourtjester's blog (and that was a fun find, too). We mean Avogadro Number Mole Day. Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of substance, one of the seven base SI units.

Does Avogadro have your number? (Whoa....Ron sent me down a master bunny trail today...)

Mole Day traces its origins to an article that appeared in The Science Teacher magazine in the early 1980s about a high school chemistry teacher's reasons for celebrating the day. The idea for Mole Day took root. The National Mole Day Foundation was formed on May 15, 1991. The American Chemical Society plans National Chemistry Week so that Mole Day falls within the week. Today Mole Day is celebrated around the world.

The theme of this year's Mole Day is Molar Eclipse...couldn't be more fitting for this Lunar bound team!



And from How Stuff Works: MOLE DAY: A DAY AFTER A CHEMIST'S HEART

You probably won't get the day off work or find your local drugstore flush with cards celebrating the occasion, but Mole Day is celebrated every year by chemists throughout the world. Since Avogadro's number is 6.022 × 1023, it only makes sense that the holiday starts at 6:02 a.m. every Oct. 23. Revelers tell chemistry jokes, blow bubbles of natural gas that they set ablaze, toast with drinks chilled by dry ice and even recite the mole pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the mole, and to the science from which it comes, one SI unit, extremely divisible, with micromoles and millimoles for all. (Provided by R. Thomas Myers - Kent State University, Kent, OH) Btw, an SI unit is an international symbol of measurement...

Wow. Chemistry would have been more fun if we'd had Mole Day....

But I have digressed...

Season meters as of 174/365 = 84,108,263 m

Total meters on the day = 409,704 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.3 MM Sam
1.15 MM Bernie
1.05 MM David T
400 K Dennis
350 K Scott
150 K Matt B
100 K Gene

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us!

Lily 525 m
Gene 850 m
Roger 1,500 m
Mike M 2,000 m
Peter G 2,000 m
Tanya m
Nataliya 2,500 m
Scott 2,500 m
Steven D 2,522 m
Tom M 3,000 m
Anita m..a double double!
Bobbie 3,600 m
Christa 4,000 m
Jodie 4,000 m
Lilia 4,000 m
Marty 4,000 m
Zander 4,000 m
Harold 4,023 m
Jerri 5,008 m
Jay R 5,234 m
Debbie V 6,000 m
Rick C 6,345 m
Rivka 7,000 m
Sarah 7,000 m
Wim 7,018 m
Sam 8,000 m
Walter 8,000 m
Katerina 8,004 m
Bernie 8,011 m
Marie 8,776 m
Richard T 10,000 m
Tim K 10,000 m
Robyn 10,977 m ....how fitting that a former Rockie should catch the last out, and a former Rockie should be the last Cardinal out...
Rosi 11,176 m
Michelle 11,500 m
Tim G 11,700 m
bg 12,164 m
Matt B m ...one of my favorite numbers!
Danno 12,669 m ... getting REALLY close to that meter multi-millionaire status!
Dennis 13,500 m
Peter H 15,000 m
Jim 16,500 m
David T 18,000 m
David A 19,401 m
Cathie 20,000 m
Jay 20,000 m
Ross 21,793 m
Ron 28,097 m


Extra kudos to Ron today! Ron takes time to find some great graphics (and makes up good lyrics and poems as needed) to help with celebrations of different milestones! Today's Mole Day sent me down a much needed bunny trail of the mind. Woot !

[bg]

Hey K2, I know you like numbers, so Happy Mole Day
Da Do Ron Ron

Happy Mole Day? Like chemistry mole?! Wow, Ron - that's a whole new celebration day - good job with the numbers!

The following descriptor is taken from Supremecourtjester's blog (and that was a fun find, too). We mean Avogadro Number Mole Day. Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of substance, one of the seven base SI units.

Does Avogadro have your number? (Whoa....Ron sent me down a master bunny trail today...)

Mole Day traces its origins to an article that appeared in The Science Teacher magazine in the early 1980s about a high school chemistry teacher's reasons for celebrating the day. The idea for Mole Day took root. The National Mole Day Foundation was formed on May 15, 1991. The American Chemical Society plans National Chemistry Week so that Mole Day falls within the week. Today Mole Day is celebrated around the world.

The theme of this year's Mole Day is Molar Eclipse...couldn't be more fitting for this Lunar bound team!



And from How Stuff Works: MOLE DAY: A DAY AFTER A CHEMIST'S HEART

You probably won't get the day off work or find your local drugstore flush with cards celebrating the occasion, but Mole Day is celebrated every year by chemists throughout the world. Since Avogadro's number is 6.022 × 1023, it only makes sense that the holiday starts at 6:02 a.m. every Oct. 23. Revelers tell chemistry jokes, blow bubbles of natural gas that they set ablaze, toast with drinks chilled by dry ice and even recite the mole pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the mole, and to the science from which it comes, one SI unit, extremely divisible, with micromoles and millimoles for all. (Provided by R. Thomas Myers - Kent State University, Kent, OH) Btw, an SI unit is an international symbol of measurement...

Wow. Chemistry would have been more fun if we'd had Mole Day....

But I have digressed...

Extra kudos to Ron today! Ron takes time to find some great graphics (and makes up good lyrics and poems as needed) to help with celebrations of different milestones! Today's Mole Day sent me down a much needed bunny trail of the mind. Woot !

thanks for all the info k2 and da do ron ron...have to admit, when i first looked at your post, i thought it was avacado's number and we'd be talking food :}

[Kona2]

Starts today in the southern hemisphere.....! Fire up the ergs!

bg - I'm still smiling about the avocados....and the mole sauce...there are indeed some foodies on this team! And some teammates cleverly disguise their meter totals to be a pun created by meter numbers...the number 1,695 for example translates into 16-9-5 or p-i-e which could mean that RT is rowing for pie or it could be that it's a play on the word for the symbol ...brain workout so early in the day!

Welcome to the team, Matay! Welcome back for the 2013 rowing season to Chip! Hope you enjoy participating in our lunar journey!

Season meters as of 175/365 = 84,442,951 m

Total meters on the day = 334,688 m

Oars in space (participation) = 30 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.85 MM Ron
3.35 MM bg
1.95 MM Ronnie
950 K Tim K
950 K Ross
700 K Robert H
650 K Bruce

Be on the lookout! We have teammates approaching milestones...some of them are SO CLOSE that they might already be there ! Thank, everyone, for rowing with us!

Lily m
Bobbie 1,600 m
Richard T 1,695 m
Jay R 2,016 m
Nataliya 2,501 m
Marty 3,000 m
Robyn 3,000 m... NY Times predicts Giants in six...
Anita 4,000 m
Christa 4,000 m
Katerina 4,000 m
Zander 4,000 m
Harold 4,024 m
Jodie 4,500 m
Matay 4,517 m
Chip 5,000 m
Rivka 5,500 m
David T 6,000 m
Sarah 6,005 m
Rick C 6,433 m
Robert H 6,500 m
Jim K 6,900 m
Jeff P 7,500 m
Peter G m ...hut hut..
Bruce 7,904 m
Michelle 8,000 m
Baz 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Ross 10,056 m
Jane 10,505 m
Tim K 12,032 m
Mike C 12,500 m
Dennis 13,500 m
Jay 14,000 m
Ronnie 14,000 m
Danno 15,000 m
Tim G 15,000 m
David A 15,752 m
bg 26,226 m
Ron m



Hooyah! The World Series starts this evening...will the Giants' bats be favorable or will the Tigers' pitching keep them quiet....stay tuned....

[psu80]

Game 1 in the books, Giants are looking tough. Good hitting and great defense by the Giants. Detroit better get the bats going or it will be a short Series for them.

Tim G

[ronnie1]

Congrats Sarah on a million meter season!!!!! Keep up the great rowing.
Ronnie

[Drivetofast]

Way To Row Sarah 1,000,000 Meters

[Kona2]

Just noticed that I missed putting Adian's 300 m on yesterday's posting ! I'm sure Adian is working on getting some of the Kid's Club pins! Keep rowing !

m

[Kona2]

Adding some fireworks and more congratulations to Sarah for achieving her first million of the season! Absolutely great to see everyone watching the meter totals for a chance to give a shout out to a teammate! Woot ! Good stuff !



Hurrah for Sarah! Congratulations on achieving your first million meters of the season (am sure there will be more !). We wish you many, many more!