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

[danwho]

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.

This may not be the reference you were thinking about, but it is one that came to my mind: the movie "Wanted" where an elite squad of assassins were pledged to take out whichever name was mysteriously encoded into some weaving. But then it was discovered that the head of this team ("Sloan" played by Morgan Freeman) had started altering these coded sequences, when he and other members of the team started to be identified as the targets (the old "who watches the watchers" theme). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/

[danwho]

Congratulations on the big 1 1, Ed. They're the only thing keeping this guy upright.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah ! Congratulations, Ed, on achieving 11 million lifetime meters! And you have only just begun to ride the erg....! We wish you many, MANY more !!

[Toothdoc]

Way to go Ed! Row on!
danno

[Kona2]

Day 10 of Marchness....

Don't lose your Marchness ! The numbers for the overall participation in the Challenge are plummeting...today, they stand at 3200 - although this number may pick up a bit as folks upload meters from the weekend.

Lunies still in the hunt for Shamrocks and Pots o Gold ! Maybe we'll have a Lunie winner today !


Season meters as of 314/365 = 155,103,464 m

Total meters on the day = 531,245 m

Oars in space (participation) = 29 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.5 MM Ed
5.9 MM Richard T
4.2 MM Jay
3.3 MM Jim
2.25 MM Minnie
2.15 MM Anita
1.8 MM Christa
1.45 MM Rebecca
950 K Howard
800 K David W (AZ)
150 K Collin
100 K Darren

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

Elton 1,000 m
Lily 2,000 m
Darren 3,000 m
Gene 3,000 m
Ross 3,000 m
Jodie 5,000 m
Katerina 5,000 m
Reba 5,000 m
Tristan W 5,000 m
Bobbie 5,010 m
Sorin 5,030 m
Karyn m ... a palindrome
Cathie m.. a double double !
Rivka m.. a double double !
Barry 5,638 m
Scott 5, 00 m
Walter 6,000 m
Andrea 6,151 m
Marty 7,000 m
AJ 7,218 m
Dan W
Anita m
Marie m
Bernie 8,037 m
Rosi m ... a double double !
Danno 10,000 m
David W (AZ) 10,000 m
Jerry 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Norton 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Roger 10,000 m
Sarah H 10,000 m
Greg H 10,002 m
Christa 10,0 10,0 m
James G 10,283 m
Minnie m .. a palindrome
bg 10, m
Collin 10, m
Stephen W 10, m
Jon C 11,000 m
Howard 11,286 m
Jim m
Michelle 12,000 m
Steve G 12,000 m
Adam 20,000 m
Mikkel 20,000 m
Jay 24,000 m
Ed 25,897 m
Ed 25, m
David A 27,025 m
Richard T 39,524 m

[bg]

Way to go Ed! Row on!
danno

DITTO
Da Do Ron Ron

what a great photo :}

[Edscapade]

Way to go Ed! Row on!
danno

DITTO
Da Do Ron Ron

Thanks all! Love the picture - I have to tell you riding the camels on the weekends gives your inner thighs a great work out!

Best,
Ed

[BAZzy]

Congratulations to all the milestones over the past couple of days…

I’m a bit of a part-time rower this week as I’ll be out on the road travelling over the next few days, a 2,000 kilometre road trip in 2 ½ days…might be able to squeeze another one in tonight before setting out tomorrow.

Cheers, Baz

[DavidA]

Well, it has ALREADY happened. And it's a REPEAT winner from last year! Congratulations, David A. !! You must carry a TON of good luck shamrocks with you always because on the first day you log that 5K or more row, your name gets picked as a Concept2 prize winner! Whoop, whoop and hooyah !!! More loot !

I think it was honor of my new granddaughter

David

[DavidA]

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.

I am very sorry to hear of the loss of Zander.
I hope that all his friends and family will find comfort in the days ahead.

David

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! We have ANOTHER six million meter teammate! Congratulations, Richard T, on achieving SIX million meters on the season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Hooboy! The Lunies are lighting up the skies above our rowing Universe with fireworks today! Congratulations, Walter, on achieving a THREE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more !!

[Kona2]

We're one-third of the way through the Madness !!

Congratulations to David A on gaining a new granddaughter !!

Delayed posting obviously today. Have decided that taking public transportation in the early hours of still oh-dark-thirty is much like going to a movie with subtitles with a bunch of strangers....a busy travel day today.

Lunies still in the hunt for shamrocks and pots of gold ! Way to go after the goal ! We are about due for another winner!

Season meters as of 315/365 = 156,076,810 m

Total meters on the almost two days = 973,346 m

Oars in space (participation) = 40 percent ! Wowzer !!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.9 MM Ron
6.5 MM Ed
6.0 MM Richard T
5.8 MM bg
3.35 MM Norton
3.0 MM Walter
2.8 MM Michelle
1.9 MM David T
1.35 MM Mikkel
600 K Karyn
100 K Greg H

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

Corey 181 m
Joe 525 m
Sam 1,500 m
Corben m
Jeff M 2,037 m
Peter G 2,982 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Tristan W 5,000 m
Bobbie 5,011 m
Lily 5,052 m
Andrea m
Jodie 6,500 m
Tim K 6,640 m
Chris H 6,619 m
Tony m
Barry S m
Katerina 7,000 m
Marty 7,000 m
Todd 7,286 m
James S 7,623 m
Gene 7,500 m
Scott 7,500 m
Dan W m
Marie m
Bernie 8,026 m
David W (AZ) 8,500 m
Stephen m
Dominic 9,000 m
Anita 10,000 m
Christa 10,000 m
Collin 10,000 m
Danno 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Greg H 10,004 m
David W (GBR) 10,040 m
Reba 10,300 m
Karyn 10,596 m
Tom M 10,758 m
Roger 11,000 m
Jon C 11,500 m
Bill L 11,549 m
Jerry 12,000 m
Jay 12,500 m
Tristan B 12,500 m
Greg C 12,649 m
Rick C 12,697 m
Baz 13,287 m
Rivka 13,400 m
David A 14,495 m
David T 15,000 m
Michelle 15,000 m
Cathie 16,000 m
Rosi 16,800 m
Harold 18,000 m
Ken G 20,000 m
Mikkel 20,000 m
Sarah H 20,000 m
Walter 20,000 m
Guinan Jane 20,132 m
Howard m
Jim 25,076 m
Norton 28,000 m
Adam 40,000 m
bg 47,096 m
Ed 51,776 m
Ron 54,994 m
Richard T 89,133 m

Speed posting, Apologies - I know that some of the team had put in some special numbers and I might have captured two sessions and not been able to see the special ones.

[Luna]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! We have ANOTHER six million meter teammate! Congratulations, Richard T, on achieving SIX million meters on the season! We wish you many, MANY more!

WAY TO ROW DAD AAAAAAAA+

[Drivetofast]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Hooboy! The Lunies are lighting up the skies above our rowing Universe with fireworks today! Congratulations, Walter, on achieving a THREE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more !!

Oh Wait Way to Row Walter