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

[Kona2]

Hooboy! We are often off topic, yet quite aware that some of these things are what fuel our rowing and skierging !

Season meters as of 262/365 = 112,042,174 m

Total meters on the day (plus a few from the next I think) = 1,044,574 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.45 MM Ron
5.0 MM Ed ....woohoo!
4.25 MM Richard T
2.55 MM Norton
2.55 MM Ronnie with a fine full marathon
2.3 MM Jim
2.25 MM Rosi
1.85 MM Minnie
1.65 MM Reba
1.6 MM Rivka
1.3 MM Zander
1.2 MM Harold
1.15 MM Sam
1.1 MM Mikkel
1.1 MM Luna
1.1 MM Katerina
950 K Norma
850 K Sarah H
500 K Elton - a cool half million
250 K Lily - a cool quarter million
250 K Dominic - a cool quarter million

Thanks, everyone, for joining in our Lunie fun!

Tony m
David T 4,000 m
Sorin 4,123 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Steve G 5,000 m
DWheeler 5,223 m
K2 5,463 m
Gene 5,500 m
Jie Jie 6,000 m
AJ 6,347 m
TIm K 6,728 m
Tristan 7,000 m
Bobbie 7,500 m
Ken G 8,000 m
Melissa 8,000 m
Sarah A 8,826 m
Nataliya 9,000 m
Minnie m.. a palindrome...
Baz 10,000 m
Jessica 10,000 m
Robert 10,000 m
Peter H 11,000 m
Stuart m
Steven D 11,156 m
Mike G 11,700 m
Marty 12,000 m
Lily m
Reba 14,500 m
Chip 15,000 m
Richard T 15,574 m
Jane 16,603 m
Diana m
Rivka 18,000 m
Sarah H 18,000 m
Sam m
Andrea 18,963 m
Walter 19,000 m
Anita 20,000 m
Christa 20,000 m
Michelle 20,000 m
Cathie 20,055 m
Katerina 21,000 m
Mikkel 21,097 m
Scott 21,100 m
Zander 22,097 m
bg 22,192 m
Norma m ... has curative powers....
Dominic 24,494 m
Norton 25,018 m
Elton 25,097 m ... a half marathon in there !
Harold 25,097 m ... also a half marathon in there !
Luna 28,216 m
Robyn 33,599 m
Jay 42,195 m
Ronnie 42,195 m
Rosi 43,722 m
Ron m
Ed 50,000 m
Jim 63,300 m

[BAZzy]

OK, to go totally off topic here. I hope this is not a misuse of the team site. To celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary, Lyn and I are hoping to go to Scotland this summer. I am a complete neophyte when it comes to travel. My head is spinning from all the information and choices Escorted vs independent, packages with or without flights, a plethora of tours and itinerary. If anyone out there has any tips, advice, suggestions, warnings etc., I would really appreciate hearing form you. So as not to clog up the site, anyone can respond to me by private message.
Thanks and go team
Da Do Ron Ron

Minnie will be all over this one....and congratulations on 35 years! Whoop, whoop and hooyah!

Congratulations to you both, enjoy!

And go team Luna-tics!!

Cheers, Baz

[BAZzy]

Woohoo and hooyah! Way to go, Ed! Our man in Qatar has just passed the FIVE million meter milestone for this season! I am sure it took me many YEARS to get to five million and am in awe of those who can do this in what is less than a year! Congratulations, Ed! We wish you many, MANY more millions!

Congratulations ED!

[bg]

Woohoo and hooyah! Way to go, Ed! Our man in Qatar has just passed the FIVE million meter milestone for this season! I am sure it took me many YEARS to get to five million and am in awe of those who can do this in what is less than a year! Congratulations, Ed! We wish you many, MANY more millions!

woooo hoooo and congrats....and wooo hoooo and congrats to da do ron ron and lyn :}

[Calamity]

"Good luck to all the teams...and, if the Broncos win....Thunder's going to NY ! Carrots for the trip will be accepted since we are feeding the beast..."

The Beast, Seattle running back - Marshawn Lynch - eats Skittles. Fans throw them on the field when he makes a touch down.

And really, if Thunder is going to New York he will miss the Superbowl in New Jersey.

[andreacs]

Woohoo and hooyah! Way to go, Ed! Our man in Qatar has just passed the FIVE million meter milestone for this season! I am sure it took me many YEARS to get to five million and am in awe of those who can do this in what is less than a year! Congratulations, Ed! We wish you many, MANY more millions!

Congratulations ED!

Yes, congratulations for amazing 5M for the season!

Andrea
P.S. It took me 6 year to get to 5M...

[andreacs]

OK, to go totally off topic here. I hope this is not a misuse of the team site. To celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary, Lyn and I are hoping to go to Scotland this summer. I am a complete neophyte when it comes to travel. My head is spinning from all the information and choices Escorted vs independent, packages with or without flights, a plethora of tours and itinerary. If anyone out there has any tips, advice, suggestions, warnings etc., I would really appreciate hearing form you. So as not to clog up the site, anyone can respond to me by private message.
Thanks and go team
Da Do Ron Ron

Minnie will be all over this one....and congratulations on 35 years! Whoop, whoop and hooyah!

Congratulations to you both, enjoy!

And go team Luna-tics!!

Cheers, Baz

Congratulations Ron to you and your wife for the upcoming 35th anniversary!

And go LUNA-TICS!

Happy rowing!

Andrea
P.S. Go 49-ers too!

[Kona2]

And really, if Thunder is going to New York he will miss the Superbowl in New Jersey.

Too funny and true! For most of us, the Superbowl is going to be "located" on whatever channel is broadcasting it.... I have enjoyed teammates comments on this very much !

[Kona2]

Day 19 or 20 of 31....win or lose...it's all about HOW we compete in the Challenge...

One of the things that I watch for in the rankings is how the "gap" between teams is changing...and what kind of daily meters the teams are uploading. We are averaging about 20K ahead of Age Without Limits on a daily basis, for example. And, we are averaging about 30K ahead of Community Rowing Inc on a daily basis...which means we couldn't catch them at the current upload rate. We CAN be caught by Age Without Limits. And some teams below us may well be doing mega-uploads on a weekly basis vs a daily one. Lunie teammates in the ARMOONDA are kickin up some rooster tails (a high arching spray [as of water, dust, or snow] thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier), though, with the average meters per teammate in the Challenge. Way to go go go !!


1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 23,294,053 373 62,451
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 21,901,194 335 65,377
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 19,828,490 140 141,632
4 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 19,545,298 222 88,042
5 Greenwich Crew On-Water Club 11,823,635 122 96,915

Congratulations to Terry M, Guinan Jane, and Bernie Shiao for reaching the 200K milestone in the Challenge - and getting those ever so important paddles for their canoes! Congratulations to new canoeists Chip, Danno and Steve C for reaching the 100K milestone! Go the ARMOONDA!!! Hope I haven't missed anyone...gets a bit more complicated as the VTC heads towards it's last one third and the grand finale! Fortunately, my teammates can help with course corrections as needed.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David A. . . . . . .Howard. . . . . . Ken G. . . . . .Terry M . . . . . . Jane. . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ted C-G. . . . . . Kristine. . . . . .Dan W. . . . . .Fabrizio. . . . . . Bernie S. . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . Chip D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Cox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Carter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah !! We have ANOTHER million meter season to celebrate !! Congratulations, Diana, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season !! We wish you many, MANY more !!

[Kona2]

Hooboy! Lots of good milestones showing up again today!! And those number gnomes have been BUSY!! It's the little things in life that make us smile....

Season meters as of 263/365 = 1,090,143 m

Total meters on the day = 1,090,143 m

Oars in space (participation) = 38 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.5 MM Ron
3.15 MM Jay
2.4 MM Cathie
2.35 MM Jim
2.15 MM Walter
1.9 MM Michelle
1.8 MM Marie
1.5 MM Anita
1.1 MM Christa
1.1 MM Rebecca
1.0 MM Diana
950 K Scott
800 K Bobbie
750 K Howard
250 K Steve G

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us! It occurs to me that I need to change up our team logo to reflect the skierg as well as the rowing machine as we head to the moon !!

Steven D m ... a palindrome !
Jie Jie 2,000 m
Kevin 2,000 m
Debbie R 3,258 m
Tony m
Chip 5,000 m
James S 5,000 m
Lily 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Steve G 5,000 m
Barry S 5,142 m
Robby 5,575 m
Mike G 5,912 m
Bobbie 7,800 m
Darren 7,936 m
Gene 8,000 m
Marty 8,500 m
Nataliya 9,000 m
David T 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Rick C 10,000 m
Douglas 10,286 m
Sarah A 11,042 m
Stephen W m
David A 11,266 m
Andrea 12,990 m
Bernie (NZL) 13,071 m
Rivka 14,500 m
Baz 15,000 m
Diana 15,000 m
Elton 15,000 m
Dominic m
Norma m ... a palindrome !
Harold m
Sarah H 16,000 m
Howard 16,198 m
Jane 16,230 m
Sam 18,000 m
Zander 19,000 m
Anita 20,000 m
David W (AZ) 21,097 m
Christa m
Paul R 24,629 m
Ed 25,000 m
Norton 26,008 m
Ron 26,097 m
Danno 29,053 m
Richard T 29,985 m
Michelle m
Jim m
Ronnie m
Walter m
Luna 34,760 m ... and STILL leading the skierg meter contributions in the VTC !
Terry M 35,633 m
Marie m
Cathie 42,195 m
Scott 42,199 m
Dave H 42,501 m
Jay 43,195 m
Katerina m

[Kona2]

AJ provided these graphics days ago... and I have been remiss in posting these splashy achievements!


......Ed Church ...........


......Ron MacBruce ......


......Jim Kielma ..........


......Jay Kielma ..........

[BAZzy]

A rather humid start to the day up in the shed this morning, but a glorious sun rise as I was driving over the Sydney Harbour Bridge for an early start at work…

Go team luna-tics!

Cheers, Baz

[brotherjim]

Congrats Ed and Ron, very impressive rowing! Great looking bathtub brigade, thanks AJ.
Baz, sorry about your extreme heat,be sure and stay hydrated.
Also congrats Ronnie and Z-Man for the Jamaican bobsled team qualifying for Soshi.

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah !! We have ANOTHER million meter season to celebrate !! Congratulations, Diana, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season !! We wish you many, MANY more !!

woooo hooooo and congrats :}