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

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The Overcoming Disabilities flags and the Lunie flags are all at half mast today as we rally around our teammates to provide support...because that is what we do. We are virtual friends here, and we've often said that a virtual friendship is no less deep than many of our real time friendships. Indeed, in this digital age, sometimes we connect more with people even in our own cities through online conversations than we do face to face. Our teammate Zander Fraser, a friend of Ronnie's for greater than 20 years and a former member of the Jamaican Paralympic team passed away recently. This is a big loss for Ronnie, for Overcoming Disabilities, and for the Lunies. Zander had a staph infection that would not be controlled, and it claimed him.

We have lost teammates to accidents, adversity and to illness several times in our tenure as a team, and each time it is hard to accept that this is an outcome that the universe needed to have. I like to think that the opposite side of this equation in life is that we have helped each other survive and thrive. In each instance of loss, we have asked our team to do a memorial row or ski-erg session, of whatever length you wish ... and to include 888 in the final accumulation of meters. It's our signal that we are celebrating someone's memory.

And so I send out an ask to our team universe to put in some special meters if you wish - to honor a teammate who was with us in our Challenges, and in our zany fun.

My thoughts go out to all, to Ronnie. Perhaps the brilliant glow in the sun as it was rising over the Harbour this morning was Zander and the start of a new journey. ...Baz

also sending comforting thoughts to ronnie and all of zander's family and friends....tomorrow's row and saturday's run will be in his honor...{{{{{{hugs}}}}}

[Edscapade]

The Overcoming Disabilities flags and the Lunie flags are all at half mast today as we rally around our teammates to provide support...because that is what we do. We are virtual friends here, and we've often said that a virtual friendship is no less deep than many of our real time friendships. Indeed, in this digital age, sometimes we connect more with people even in our own cities through online conversations than we do face to face. Our teammate Zander Fraser, a friend of Ronnie's for greater than 20 years and a former member of the Jamaican Paralympic team passed away recently. This is a big loss for Ronnie, for Overcoming Disabilities, and for the Lunies. Zander had a staph infection that would not be controlled, and it claimed him.

We have lost teammates to accidents, adversity and to illness several times in our tenure as a team, and each time it is hard to accept that this is an outcome that the universe needed to have. I like to think that the opposite side of this equation in life is that we have helped each other survive and thrive. In each instance of loss, we have asked our team to do a memorial row or ski-erg session, of whatever length you wish ... and to include 888 in the final accumulation of meters. It's our signal that we are celebrating someone's memory.

And so I send out an ask to our team universe to put in some special meters if you wish - to honor a teammate who was with us in our Challenges, and in our zany fun.

My thoughts go out to all, to Ronnie. Perhaps the brilliant glow in the sun as it was rising over the Harbour this morning was Zander and the start of a new journey. ...Baz

also sending comforting thoughts to ronnie and all of zander's family and friends....tomorrow's row and saturday's run will be in his honor...{{{{{{hugs}}}}}

Sorry for the loss! It is never easy losing a loved one or friend... My heart goes out to all who knew Zander! I will row in his honor this weekend and get the 888 in there. We are a great team here and a virtual family that I don't take lightly. God bless - Ed

[Edscapade]

The Overcoming Disabilities flags and the Lunie flags are all at half mast today as we rally around our teammates to provide support...because that is what we do. We are virtual friends here, and we've often said that a virtual friendship is no less deep than many of our real time friendships. Indeed, in this digital age, sometimes we connect more with people even in our own cities through online conversations than we do face to face. Our teammate Zander Fraser, a friend of Ronnie's for greater than 20 years and a former member of the Jamaican Paralympic team passed away recently. This is a big loss for Ronnie, for Overcoming Disabilities, and for the Lunies. Zander had a staph infection that would not be controlled, and it claimed him.

We have lost teammates to accidents, adversity and to illness several times in our tenure as a team, and each time it is hard to accept that this is an outcome that the universe needed to have. I like to think that the opposite side of this equation in life is that we have helped each other survive and thrive. In each instance of loss, we have asked our team to do a memorial row or ski-erg session, of whatever length you wish ... and to include 888 in the final accumulation of meters. It's our signal that we are celebrating someone's memory.

And so I send out an ask to our team universe to put in some special meters if you wish - to honor a teammate who was with us in our Challenges, and in our zany fun.

We will miss you Zander. An amazing man and a wonderful team mate. I have always had great admiration for our brave and inspiring OD members. I will row 8s in your honor today. If there is a memorial fund or a special charity to honor Zander, I would like to contribute.
My heart goes out to Ronnie for losing her special friend.
Sincerely,
Da Do Ron Ron

I have Fridays off here in Qatar. I made a goal to add the 888 to end of my row today. I started watching movies and listening to ALOT of music - it was a great day and thought about Zander and Ron and decided to row two sessions today. I rowed 44,444 twice, so I got 88,888 in today. Even though the body is asking what the heck are you doing to me... It feels good to honor a friend of our family! Have a great weekend and may God Bless our close knit team! Ed

[BAZzy]

The Overcoming Disabilities flags and the Lunie flags are all at half mast today as we rally around our teammates to provide support...because that is what we do. We are virtual friends here, and we've often said that a virtual friendship is no less deep than many of our real time friendships. Indeed, in this digital age, sometimes we connect more with people even in our own cities through online conversations than we do face to face. Our teammate Zander Fraser, a friend of Ronnie's for greater than 20 years and a former member of the Jamaican Paralympic team passed away recently. This is a big loss for Ronnie, for Overcoming Disabilities, and for the Lunies. Zander had a staph infection that would not be controlled, and it claimed him.

We have lost teammates to accidents, adversity and to illness several times in our tenure as a team, and each time it is hard to accept that this is an outcome that the universe needed to have. I like to think that the opposite side of this equation in life is that we have helped each other survive and thrive. In each instance of loss, we have asked our team to do a memorial row or ski-erg session, of whatever length you wish ... and to include 888 in the final accumulation of meters. It's our signal that we are celebrating someone's memory.

And so I send out an ask to our team universe to put in some special meters if you wish - to honor a teammate who was with us in our Challenges, and in our zany fun.

We will miss you Zander. An amazing man and a wonderful team mate. I have always had great admiration for our brave and inspiring OD members. I will row 8s in your honor today. If there is a memorial fund or a special charity to honor Zander, I would like to contribute.
My heart goes out to Ronnie for losing her special friend.
Sincerely,
Da Do Ron Ron

I have Fridays off here in Qatar. I made a goal to add the 888 to end of my row today. I started watching movies and listening to ALOT of music - it was a great day and thought about Zander and Ron and decided to row two sessions today. I rowed 44,444 twice, so I got 88,888 in today. Even though the body is asking what the heck are you doing to me... It feels good to honor a friend of our family! Have a great weekend and may God Bless our close knit team! Ed

What a great tribute Ed, but I can understand your body asking what the "heck"...

Cheers Baz

[Kona2]

Day 7 of the Mudness Madness......

Lunies in the hunt for shamrocks and pots-o-gold.....it is SO COOL to see multiple pages of Lunies on the Challenge Honor Board! Awesome, inspiring, motivating, too !

A few years ago (maybe when I had more time!), created a several graph that I find a still very relevant when it comes to what happens with the March Madness/Mudness Challenge: on the 7th or 8th day of the Challenge, we reach the highest number of enrolled people...today was something like 5590 when I looked. By the end of the Challenge (not shown here), the numbers are usually less than 1000 for the basic challenge, and about 200 for the advanced challenge....and the Lunies do hang in there well (no surprise there). Just in case you're interested in the geeky data ... I can't help it! Hahahaha.



Season meters as of 311/365 = 152,041,088 m

Total meters on the day = 858,364 m

Oars in space (participation) = 38 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.8 MM Ron
6.35 MM Ed
5.75 MM Richard T
3.25 MM Jim
2.75 MM Michelle
2.35 MM Marie
2.3 MM Jerry
2.25 MM Minnie
1.65 MM Jodie
1.55 MM Katerina
1.2 MM David W (GBR)
800 K Bernie
650 K Adam M
650 K Steve G
400 K Kevin
400 K Gene
350 K James G
300 K Barry S
150 K Debbie R
100 K Kiba - she will be able to tell us what any moon rocks we pick up are made of...


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

Corey 245 m
Sam m
Elton m
Gene 3,000 m
Tony m
Debbie R 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Tristan B 5,000 m
Karyn m
Cathie m ... a double double...
Ross 5,669 m
Andrea 5,830 m
Bobbie m
Jodie m
Katerina m
K2 m
Tristan W 6,000 m
Lily m
David W (GBR) 7,036 m
Robyn m
Bernie 8,032 m
Barry S 8,775 m
Anita m
Harold m
Marie m
Marty m
Rivka m
Scott m
Rosi m
Collin 10,000 m
Danno 10,000 m
Mikkel 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Tom M 10,000 m
Guinan Jane 10,004 m ... somewhat close to Ten-Forward....hmmmm...
James G 10,104 m
Howard 10,126 m
Jon C 10,720 m
Bruce 10,828 m
Baz m
Dan W m
Minnie m
Sarah H m
Stuart 10,939 m
Christa m
David T 12,000 m
Jerry 12,000 m
Norton 12,500 m
Greg C 12,643 m
Jim m
David A 14,303 m
Jeff D 15,062 m
Dominic 15,314 m
Michelle m
Jay m
Roger m
Walter m
bg 25,441 m
Ron 27,597 m
Kevin 30,000 m
Adam 45,000 m
Ed 50,000 m
Richard T m
Kiba 85,000 m

[kgallagher]

Karyn

My 5555 is from yesterday. I didn't enter it until late in the day yesterday. I did my 5888 for Zander this morning, but only just entered it into my logbook now. Instead of power tens, I did power Zanders during my row. (Instead of counting out tens, I spelled out Zander.)

Karyn

[Drivetofast]

Ed at your Pace it won't take long to dethrone Ron

[Kona2]

Day 8 of the Mudness Madness !!

Lunies in pursuit of shamrocks and pots-of-gold !! One of us could be the next winner of a Concept2 prize....

Another episode of as the shamrocks spin...

Season meters as of 312/365 = 153,772,938 m

Total meters on the day = 1,731,850 m

Oars in space (participation) = 27 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.45 MM Ed - with a double marathon plus some "change"
5.8 MM Richard T
5.75 MM bg
3.5 MM David A
3.05 MM Cathie
2.95 MM Walter with a full marathon plus some "change"
2.15 MM Rivka
1.45 MM Scott
1.45 MM Sarah H
1.35 MM Ken G
1.3 MM Jon C
800 K Baz
600 K Tony
300 K Bruce
50 K Bill L

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

Tom P 2,300 m
Tony m
Gene m
Paul B 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
K2 5,029 m
Tristan B m
Bill L 5,215 m
Tristan W m ... a double double !
Karyn m
Andrea 6,219 m
Barry 6,869 m
Stephen 7,687 m
AJ m
Anita m
Cathie m
Rivka m
Scott m
Collin 10,000 m
Mikkel 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Greg H 10,004 m
Baz 10,104 m
Bruce 10,827 m
Howard m
Katerina m
David A 11,010 m
Christa m
Marie m
Minnie m
Sarah H m
David W (GBR) 12,000 m
Dominic 12,000 m
Guinan Jane m
Jerry m
Norton 14,000 m
Reba 18,521 m
Adam 20,000 m
Ken G 20,000 m
Jim m
Rosi m
bg 22,260 m
Jon C m
Ron m
Richard T 32,981 m
Walter m
Ed m
Kristine 1,077,576 m .. back from the Air Force...

[Kona2]

Ooops - Kristine visited the Air Force but rowed for the Army....she is baaaack, though.

[just27]

Ooops - Kristine visited the Air Force but rowed for the Army....she is baaaack, though.

... I was wondering about our soldier sergeant joining the air men ...

[bg]

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi

Ed at your Pace it won't take long to dethrone Ron

I hope Ed is gentler than Madame DuFarge
Da Do Ron Ron

isn't she a knitter????never read the book, but folks have referenced her when they see me knitting....

[Toothdoc]

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi

Ed at your Pace it won't take long to dethrone Ron

I hope Ed is gentler than Madame DuFarge
Da Do Ron Ron

isn't she a knitter????never read the book, but folks have referenced her when they see me knitting....

Madame Thérèse Defarge is a fictional character in the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. She is a tricoteuse, a tireless worker for the French Revolution, and the wife of Ernest Defarge.
She is arguably the main villain of the novel, obsessed with revenge against the Evrémondes. She ruthlessly seeks revenge against the Evrémondes, including Charles Darnay, his wife Lucie Manette and their child, for crimes a prior generation of the Evrémonde family had committed. These crimes include the deaths of her sister, brother, and father. She refuses to accept the reality that Charles Darnay's father changed his ways by intending to renounce his title to the lands to give them to the peasants who worked on them, and his son Charles renounces his title to the lands, however Charles' arrogant and snobbish uncle becomes the Marquis St. Evrémonde, and his arrogance and cause of the death of an innocent child makes him hated, and helps legitimize Defarge's rage.
Defarge symbolizes several themes. She represents one aspect of the Fates. The Moirai (the Fates as represented in Greek mythology) used yarn to measure out the life of a man, and cut it to end it; Defarge knits, and her knitting secretly encodes the names of people to be killed. Defarge also symbolizes the nature of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution in which radical Jacobins engaged in mass political persecution of all real or supposed enemies of the Revolution who were executed on grounds of sedition to the new republic through the guillotine, particularly targeting people with aristocratic heritage.

[Edscapade]

Hi Team,

While updating my meters tonight I surpassed the 11 million life time meter mark. Always fun to see!

Hope everyone is doing well and daylight savings doesn't effect everyone. First time I have not had to deal with it. We have hit the high 80's here - not looking forward to the summer months to say the least! But I have AC in my gym in our compound gym so will be fine.

Have a great week and happy rowing for the challenge!!

Best,
Ed

[Kona2]

Another episode...or...to spin a yarn....

Madame Thérèse Defarge is a fictional character in the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. She is a TRICOTEUSE, a tireless worker for the French Revolution....

Well. You all sure sent me down the bunny trail today - you had me at tricoteuse...or French knitting woman. Defarge's coded knitting reminded me that there was a code knitted into a scarf in a book or movie that I have read or seen recently...the concept stuck with me, but not the particulars. When searching for that reference, I happened instead on something that seemed more along the lines that I would naturally (naturally!) go to as a numbers gal....it is something called the Fibonacci sequence scarf. I kid you not. This is something bg could try!

Cast on 400 stitches in your lighter color. The pattern for the fibonacci sequence goes like this:

purl 1 row light
purl 1 row dark
purl 2 rows light
purl 3 rows dark
purl 5 rows light
purl 8 rows dark
purl 13 rows light
bind off

And at the end of it all, you produce the Fibonacci sequence scarf...which looks like:



Day 9 of 31 days of Mudness Madness....


Hooboy! The numbers have come tumbling down in the total number of Challengers still in the hunt....dropping from yesterday's high of 5772 to today's 4282....

Lunies still in the hunt for shamrocks and pots-of-gold !! So the Lunies had an 8 percent drop in Challengers as compared to a 26 percent drop in total Challengers....I like to think that this shows that belonging to a team increases your likelihood of Challenge success (but I am sure there might be other interpretations...)...

Season meters as of 313/365 = 154,572,219 m

Total meters on the day = 799,281 m

Oars in space (participation) = 33 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.85 MM Ron
5.85 MM Richard T
4.15 MM Jay
2.95 MM Rosi
2.65 MM Stephen
1.9 MM Reba
1.85 MM Dan W
1.8 MM Harold
1.75 MM Roger
1.6 MM Robyn
1.3 MM Peter G
1.25 MM Marty
700 K Adam

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


Sam m
Elton 1,0
Darren 2,000 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Paul B 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Katerina 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Tristan B 5,000 m
Tristan W 5,000 m
Walter 5,000 m
David A 5,012 m
K2 5,021 m
Reba 5,097 m
Rivka 5, m
Robyn 5, m
Scott 5, m
Andrea 6,115 m
Rick 6,264 m
Greg C 6,342 m
Barry S 6,850 m
Karyn 6, m
David T 7,000 m
AJ 7,045 m
Marie m ... a double double
Dominic 10,000 m
Greg H 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Bobbie 10,017 m
Howard 10,062 m
Guinan m ... a palindrome..
James G 10,214 m
Jodie 10,5 m
Anita 10, m
Sarah 10, m
Jerry 11,000 m
Jon C 11,000 m
Christa m
Stephen m ...a triple double sort of...
Dan W m
m
Marty 15,3 m
Michelle 15, m
Paul R 18,662 m
Kevin 20,000 m
Kiba 20,000 m
Jim 21, m
Rosi 21, m
Ed 25, m
Ron 26,156 m
Harold 26,746 m
Roger 31, m
Jay 40,896 m
Adam 50,000 m
Chuck 50,000 m
Richard T 51,666 m

[bg]

Hi Team,

While updating my meters tonight I surpassed the 11 million life time meter mark. Always fun to see!

Hope everyone is doing well and daylight savings doesn't effect everyone. First time I have not had to deal with it. We have hit the high 80's here - not looking forward to the summer months to say the least! But I have AC in my gym in our compound gym so will be fine.

Have a great week and happy rowing for the challenge!!

Best,
Ed

wooo hoooo and congrats :} and thanks everyone for the madame defarge info...btw k2..i've caste on over 100 stitches for a sweater before...can't imagine 400...