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

[brotherjim]

AJ, havefun with the cooking, sounds delicious. Don't worry about the boat, surprised me too. 2 of my teammates brought it to my attention to go for it. Thanks AJ appreciate and love your work.

[Kona2]

Reposting this one per Kristine's suggestion:

Just a reminder that teams have until midnight on February 3rd to post their final meters on the Virtual Team Challenge. If you plan on erging for a different affiliation for the Military Challenge, please stay with us until February 4th. Your full meters will still post for the Military Challenge at that time...but if you leave us before then, your meters are off the Challenge total.. Of course, we'd REALLY like you to stay with us on our journey through the stars. Our journey is a long one made ever so much more fun by good travel companions.

What a fabulous demonstration of sheer willpower and determination by this Challenge team. Our previous best ever was 24 million and some change....and look at that fine 35 million and some change ! It's a beacon of all the good stuff that makes us all us. And...I don't think I've ever posted so many stars and billiards and fireworks...whoa! You rock rock rock !! And float. More tubs than ever..I will post the ARMOONDA very soon. Giving everyone a chance to upload the last drop of blood...I mean the last few meters.

[Calamity]

Jane Newall

Hooyah! Congratulations, Guinan Jane on achieving 500,000 m in the Virtual Team Challenge ! Just in the nick of time (not the night to be singing After Midnight), the final meter installment was posted for the coveted tub! Rule Brittania and all that ! Quite a nice regal Leo on that tub, too. Well done !

Should be an effortless glide across the ONE million meter milestone from here for Guinan.

Awesome AJ and thanks Kona for the posting. I was definitely trying to get the meters in earlier than usual as 30000 a day has tired me out and I was afraid I would fall asleep on the couch if I wasn't careful. Love the clergy collar -don't think I've ever worn it rowing (or in a bath tub/hot tub) but gives me something to think about. Orion noticed and likes the fish. Rule Britannia indeed. Thought about a million, but wanted to end 500012.

[Kona2]

As promised, the resident artist has concocted a THIRD million meter boat for Jim, who is a good reminder that surprising things can and do happen every day just because someone believes in what is possible!



Jim Kielma....Hooyah!

[normadelaney]

As promised, the resident artist has concocted a THIRD million meter boat for Jim, who is a good reminder that surprising things can and do happen every day just because someone believes in what is possible!



Jim Kielma....Hooyah!

Hey Jim, big congrats!! I knew that special ACHIEVE paddle would get you there!

[bg]

catching up again... wooo hoooo and congrats danno and kristine...and all you folks who rowed 1,000,000 meters in the challenge...and to all the luna-tics...and k2 and aj....what an amazing team :} off to run only 15 miles today :}and goooooo broncos

[brotherjim]

Thanks AJ for the awesome boat,you are so talented. Thanks K2 and Norma for the very nice things said. So glad I am a part of this team.

[danwho]

ditto! what bg said
(well, except for that part about running 15 miles)

Stellar job by AJ and K2 !! Amazing accomplishments by so so many. Definitely an Armoonda to remember. Happy to be in your solar system.

[normadelaney]

Jane Newall

Hooyah! Congratulations, Guinan Jane on achieving 500,000 m in the Virtual Team Challenge ! Just in the nick of time (not the night to be singing After Midnight), the final meter installment was posted for the coveted tub! Rule Brittania and all that ! Quite a nice regal Leo on that tub, too. Well done !

Should be an effortless glide across the ONE million meter milestone from here for Guinan.

Awesome AJ and thanks Kona for the posting. I was definitely trying to get the meters in earlier than usual as 30000 a day has tired me out and I was afraid I would fall asleep on the couch if I wasn't careful. Love the clergy collar -don't think I've ever worn it rowing (or in a bath tub/hot tub) but gives me something to think about. Orion noticed and likes the fish. Rule Britannia indeed. Thought about a million, but wanted to end 500012.

Have yourself a mudslide while you're relaxing in your hot tub. Congrats!

[brotherjim]

Is anyone interested in a Super Bowl total points challenge? I was thinking maybe 100 meters per point. So if it ends 24-20 that would b 44x100=4400 meters. Any day in the coming week would be ok to row this. Jaybird and I have did this the past 3 years but row 300 per point. Any one interested or have a different meter amount to suggest? Probably be a low scoring game. Next year when da Bears play in it, will be a different story.

[Kona2]

We AVERAGED over 1 MILLION meters a day for the VTC !

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 43,425,278 372 116,735
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 37,056,557 335 110,617
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 35,317,402 140 252,267
4 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 33,111,006 222 149,149
5 Greenwich Crew On-Water Club 21,517,675 122 176,374

And here is the list of contributors!: 3 million meter boats, TWENTY-SIX Bathtubs, 31 oars/paddles,34 canoes, and 45 natives in search of a canoe. .

1 Ed Church M 53 1,085,000
2 Ron MacBruce M 59 1,055,182
3 Jim Kielma M 60 1,000,553
4 Walter Washington M 24 951,983
5 Michelle S F 25 927,638
6 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 40 912,333
7 Ronnie Mills F 46 800,523
8 Dan Rhoden M 56 756,000
9 Rosita Delacruz F 38 741,801
10 Harold Janusek M 63 697,177
11 Cathie Chugak F 32 689,068
12 barbara grandberg F 63 683,306
13 Christa Krause F 34 677,959
14 Anita Holub F 44 661,060
15 Marie Ballantine F 45 660,584
16 Norma Delaney F 59 654,434
17 Zander Fraser M 39 652,832
18 Richard T M 63 638,882
19 Rivka Levitt F 43 630,674
20 Samuel Johnson M 74 623,970
21 Sarah Hallbeck F 33 598,939
22 Elton Giogri M 58 581,926
23 Luna T F 23 579,906
24 Scott Ryan M 37 579,192
25 Robyn Lee F 36 577,089
26 Norton Commando M 37 570,663
27 Katerina Mack F 34 511,873
28 Mike Gilger M 53 511,801
29 Jane Newall F 44 500,012
30 Diana Kelly F 45 470,935
31 Jodie James F 33 441,226
32 David A. Alden M 53 423,362
33 Kenneth Guenther M 65 364,000
34 Terry Mayville F 58 354,946
35 Bernie Shiao M 53 328,311
36 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 52 318,000
37 Martin Hayes M 27 285,548
38 Barry O'Malley M 54 280,000
39 Steve Gooch M 50 261,140
40 Jon Casadont M 42 258,008
41 Francisco Mesquita M 20 255,393
42 Dan Wickwar M 60 252,252
43 Stephen Wild M 47 251,892
44 Dominic Faraway M 48 248,564
45 Bobbie Kielma F 61 248,057
46 Sonja Kickhöfer F 35 245,400
47 Nataliya Pyatrova F 29 243,796
48 Reba Tessier F 14 242,243
49 Howard Lett M 64 241,547
50 Stuart Babendir M 55 230,045
51 Rick Carveth M 61 230,000
52 Andrea Cosmin F 56 229,488
53 Daniel Cox M 69 225,171
54 Charles Dykstra M 46 224,374
55 Patrick Schlueter M 68 223,555
56 Kristine Strasburger F 49 222,527
57 Steven Drews M 44 215,297
58 Ronda Wilson F 50 212,796
59 Karyn Gallagher F 44 211,337
60 David Tangerini M 66 210,000
61 Douglas Goforth M 39 200,854
62 Fabrizio De Vitali M 34 198,779
63 Kristine Bay F 58 196,528
64 Karsten Kickhöfer M 37 195,026
65 Steven Larky M 51 192,442
66 Karl Hoods M 40 173,622
67 Jan Stevenson F 61 170,687
68 Liz Outlaw F 57 170,406
69 Tristan B M 15 168,085
70 Sarah Addams F 28 163,397
71 Rebecca Whitcomb F 31 160,000
72 Kirk West M 62 158,465
73 Chris Tudury F 64 158,401
74 Gene Hulsey M 24 157,539
75 peter verdirame M 59 157,000
76 Melissa Harsley F 58 155,000
77 David Wilson M 61 152,179
78 Rudy Noppens M 41 151,172
79 Lily Yost F 23 149,434
80 A J Tudury M 66 148,019
81 Bernie Svendsen M 55 145,522
82 John Marsh M 59 139,034
83 Steve Carter M 50 133,195
84 Tom McGuire M 61 131,507
85 Scott Kather M 51 115,565
86 Barry Shevlin M 42 114,586
87 Keh mark M 39 110,538
88 Ron Bull M 78 107,373
89 Anthony Parendo M 70 103,569
90 Teresa Gerlach F 52 103,007
91 Mike Crossley M 57 102,104
92 Jayne Atkinson F 42 100,521
93 Sorin Spanoche M 47 100,512
94 Mikkel Bang Christensen M 34 100,001
95 Jeff Doenges M 62 95,346
96 Robert Hess M 52 95,000
97 Marc Habert M 47 87,746
98 Don Silseth M 61 79,923
99 Ross Drown M 65 76,974
100 Greg Childs M 59 72,558
101 Gary Schultheis M 62 70,848
102 Peter Huurman M 40 68,868
103 Dennis Dishong M 57 60,536
104 Jessica Shumake F 36 59,802
105 Peter Gingras M 54 56,229
106 Deborah Nemko F 48 50,000
107 Collin Dykstra M 39 49,102
108 Darren Barreca M 42 44,498
109 david tudury M 36 40,754
110 Gordy Cox M 50 38,670
111 martha wiles F 46 36,965
112 Kevin McElligott M 46 36,514
113 Jeandre Fourie M 30 27,635
114 Dawn Howe F 55 27,037
115 Mike Mulvihill M 53 26,172
116 Jie Jie Tang F 39 26,034
117 Heidi Hansen F 34 25,613
118 Daniel Levin M 38 25,468
119 Debbie Rohlwing F 57 18,705
120 Gail Whitelaw F 55 17,500
121 Doug Renick M 59 10,000
122 Keith Strasburger M 45 9,898
123 Marie Armstrong F 55 7,317
124 William DiPaulo M 54 7,000
125 Tim Porter M 55 6,368
126 Ryan Cresawn M 39 5,176
127 Richard Miller M 64 5,000
128 Laura Roberts F 27 5,000
129 Orion N M 12 1,007
130 Ronald Meier M 49 500

I'll print out the ARMOONDA - AJ has given me a good start with it - is a busy day, though!

[JMC71]

Hi all - long time lurker, first time poster. Congrats to everyone on a tremendous effort the past month. Very inspiring.

- Jon C

[Kona2]

Hi all - long time lurker, first time poster. Congrats to everyone on a tremendous effort the past month. Very inspiring.

We love first evers - especially posts! Hope it is the first of many !

[Calamity]

Guinan here - a couple of drinks for the super bowl being served up:
Zone Blitz

Featuring Denver Broncos colors, this recipe comes courtesy of Pablo Villareal, house mixologist for JAZZ at KITANO at The Kitano New York Hotel

Serves 1

2 oz. Absolut Peppar (pepper-flavored vodka)
4 oz. lemon-lime soda
Splash of blue curaçao for color
1 orange wedge for garnish
Crushed ice
Preparation:

1. Fill a standard rock glass with crushed ice
2. Pour in vodka then top off the cocktail with chilled lemon-lime soda
3. Add a splash of blue curaçao in middle of cocktail
4. Place an orange wedge on the glass for garnish
Seahawkuccino Cocktail

Courtesy of Andrea Correale, president of Elegant Affairs catering company in Glen Cove, N.Y.

Serves 1

2 oz. espresso vodka
1 oz. amaretto liqueur
2 oz. hot chocolate
4 oz. hot coffee
Whipped cream
Preparation:

1. Build the espresso, amaretto liqueur, hot chocolate and coffee in a snifter
2. Stir well
3. Add whipped cream on top and serve

Here is link for some more (both alcoholic and non) http://www.mainstreet.com/article/lifes ... bowl-party

Thanks for the congrats Norma- I will sub the mudslide with a Seahawkaccino.

I would be glad to take part in whatever football rowing challenge is decided upon.

[Kona2]

Whoooooosh!!!! That's the sound of the erg wheel spinning through yet another month !! Welcome to February !

Season meters as of 276/365 = 126,692,792 m

Total meters on the days = 2,335,087 m

Oars in space (participation) = 48 percent

MILESTONES..Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.95 MM Ron
5.4 MM Ed
5.15 MM bg
4.6 MM Richard T
3.55 MM Jay
3.25 MM David A
2.9 MM Ronnie
2.7 MM Cathie
2.6 MM Rosi
2.6 MM Walter
2.35 MM Michelle
2.1 MM Marie
1.85 MM Rivka
1.8 MM Anita
1.6 MM Danno
1.5 MM Harold
1.45 MM Sam
1.4 MM Christa
1.35 MM Katerina
1.35 MM Luna
1.25 Mm Scott
1.25 MM Norma
1.2 MM Rebecca
1.05 MM David W (GBR)
950 K Guinan Jane
950 K Marty
800 K Elton
750 K David W (AZ)
650 K Greg C
650 K Sarah A
550 K Tim K
350 K Dominic
350 K Jessica
300 K Gene
300 K Baz
250 K Kevin
50 K Jeff M

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!!

I didn't capture numbers yesterday (gasp!), so today's numbers are a compilation of the two days...or maybe it even covers parts of three. My spinning number of the day is going to be 3 in honor of our third place IN THE WORLD finish. We're on the podium, team, we're on the podium!

Robby 1,442 m
Karyn 2,272 m
Andrea ,020 m
Jeff M 4,526 m
Ross 5,000 m
Peter H 5, 04 m
Deb R 5,258 m
Jeff P 6,52 m
Tom M 6,711 m
Dan W 8,000 m
David T 9,000 m
Tony m
K2 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Tim K 10,000 m
Greg C 10,14 m
Barry S 12,229 m
David W (AZ) 12,591 m
Nataliya 12,600 m
Fabrizio 12,78 m
Lily 14,000 m
AJ 14,11 m
Steve G 15,000 m
Bobbie 15,666 m
Jessica 17,000 m
Sorin 17,522 m
Diana 18,000 m
Jodie 18,000 m
Robyn 18,000 m
Paul R 18,5 m
Stephen 18,896 m
Gene 19,000 m
Kevin 19,00 m
Sarah A 19,648 m
Baz 20,000 m
Mike C 20,000 m
Rebecca 20,000 m
Rick C 20,000 m
Terry M 20,21 m
Dominic 21,79 m
David A 21,097 m
Katerina m
Stuart m
David W (GBR) 22,085 m
Ted 2,000 m
Kristine 25,910 m
Marie 26,098 m
Mikkel 26,559 m
Ken G 27,000 m
Tristan 27,000 m
Elton 28,000 m
Marty 29,555 m
Reba 0,742 m
Mike G 1,87 m
Danno , 69 m ....wonder what you call a number that can be factored by 3...
Zander 4,000 m
Minnie 4,945 m
Harold 5,000 m
Luna 5,162 m
Scott 8,000 m
Ronnie 45, m
Rivka 47,695 m
Sarah H 47,695 m
Christa 48,695 m
bg 51,198 m
Sam 51, m
Norma 5 ,24 m
Rosi 54,097 m
Anita 55,695 m
Norton 57, m
Jay 62,000 m
Guinan Jane 62,522 m
Richard T 64,19 m
Ron 71,194 m
Michelle m
Walter m
Jim 115,001 m
Ed 125,000 m

Many of you know that I have a spreadsheet that I use to predict the finishing point during Challenges based on readings of the rowing and skierging universe taken at several points in time. This is not quite like Madame Zoltana, the fortune teller, but it can be sort of like that. Five days prior to the finish of the Challenge, I was "reading" that we would finish at 33.5 and Community Rowing would finish at 33.8....and the fervor with which this team went after those final days totally blew my prediction out of the water. Because you can't factor in the people part of it...and how much they might want to reach a certain goal. This is different than having a bunch of hidden people (yes, it is true...I do like to play fair and try for real time numbers as much as possible). Jim and Guinan's final pushes for their one million and 500K goals were amazing for all of us to watch. Michelle and Walter also rowed almost ONE million meters in the Challenge - throwing down huge numbers in the last week (in addition to the biggie numbers earlier). The net result was that this team produced about 5 percent more meters than predicted....so maybe I call that the GOT HEART factor? Impressive stuff.