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

[Kona2]

Back in the day....there were Saturday morning cartoons....followed by the s-c-a-r-y, then somewhat laughable horror movies. Godzilla was one of the favorites, and now back in a new release....yikes!

Welcome back for the 2015 season to Tim P !

We may have to follow the horses to find Richard T this week. The Preakness, second leg of the Triple Crown, is this Saturday...he must be looking over the horses. Will California Chrome get the Black-Eyed Susans? (Last year's readers will remember that the Black-Eyed Susan garland really isn't black-eyed susans, but rather Viking daisies with centers painted with black lacquer to resemble black-eyed susans ... horrors and subterfuge!) Pretty sure that today is the day that the post positions are drawn for Saturday's race... Here's the info on the Preakness Draw
Starting post positions for the 139th Preakness® Stakes will be drawn Wednesday evening, May 14, 2014. Pimlico racing officials will use a pill pull, which employs a small numbered ball in a blind draw, to decide post positions for the middle jewel (middle jewel sounds much better) of racing's Triple Crown. Now to figure out what this pill pull is....all I can say is be careful not to put your eyes out when you google that phrase. Pill pull sounds like how they do the lottery numbers.

The Preakness is limited to 14 starters. Seventeen of the last 20 years have produced double-digit starters. Preakness is run two weeks after the Derby, and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes. Each race gets a little bit longer than the previous. The Derby was 1 and 1/4 miles, and the Preakness is 1 3/16 miles or 9.5 furlongs.

Season meters as of 13/365 = 4,722,715 m

Total meters on the day = 348,799 m

Oars in space (participation) = 41 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

200 K Steve G
100 K Stephen
50 K Danno

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

Lily 1,500 m
Mitch 3,166 m
Tony m
Marty m
Peter G 3,510 m
Andre 4,713 m
Jim m
Jodie m
Lynne m
Paul B m
Rosi m
Jay m ... a double double!
Anita 6,000 m
Larry 6,015 m
Chris H 7,006 m
Barry S 7,514 m
Dominic m
Bernie 8,021 m
Stephen m ... fortunately repeater numbers are also palindromes...or we would have had zero palindromes today, and I'm sure that would be a bad omen...
Ronnie 11,000 m
David A m ... a double double plus some
Tom M 11,824 m
Sarah H 14,000 m
Norton 15,014 m
Ross 15,896 m
Marie 21,097 m
Ron 21,097 m
Steve G 21,097 m
bg 22,275 m
Ed 25,000 m
Danno 25,615 m ... must have had his Wheaties today!
Tim P 31,083 m

[Kona2]

Ha! A miscue. Preakness is shortest of the three races, Derby in the middle and Belmont is the longest race.

Kentucky Derby, run over the 1 1⁄4-mile (2.0 km) dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky;
Preakness Stakes, run over the 1 3⁄16-mile (1.9 km) dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland;
Belmont Stakes, run over the 1 1⁄2-mile (2.4 km) dirt track, the longest in thoroughbred racing, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

So...should we expect times under 2 minutes?

[Drivetofast]

Ha! A miscue. Preakness is shortest of the three races, Derby in the middle and Belmont is the longest race.

Kentucky Derby, run over the 1 1⁄4-mile (2.0 km) dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky;
Preakness Stakes, run over the 1 3⁄16-mile (1.9 km) dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland;
Belmont Stakes, run over the 1 1⁄2-mile (2.4 km) dirt track, the longest in thoroughbred racing, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

So...should we expect times under 2 minutes?

Yes times should be under 2 minutes I will go out on a limb and say 1:57 and change

[DavidA]

Twilight zone! Well Ron I guess you will have to contact rowing@concept2.com and explain it to them. That is very odd thing.

I feel a little bit like Buckaroo Banzai I've been shifted to a different dimension
I emailed C2 yesterday, but haven't heard back yet. With all the strum und drang I was at least able to get enough meters to go over 28 MM lifetime. Only about 12 million more to go to circumnavigate the globe
Ron

Woo hoo!!
That should only take you a year and half at the rate you go. So by next year's Holiday challenge

David

[Kona2]

Twilight zone! Well Ron I guess you will have to contact rowing@concept2.com and explain it to them. That is very odd thing.

I feel a little bit like Buckaroo Banzai I've been shifted to a different dimension
I emailed C2 yesterday, but haven't heard back yet. With all the strum und drang I was at least able to get enough meters to go over 28 MM lifetime. Only about 12 million more to go to circumnavigate the globe
Ron

Woo hoo!!
That should only take you a year and half at the rate you go. So by next year's Holiday challenge

David

Fortunately our teammates often notice things that slip by the rest of us...and David A caught the reference to a biggie milestone (28 MM) by Ron...and upon seeing his reference, I also saw the sturm and dang terminology...and while I "got" the idea, I had no clue where Ron dug that reference up.



Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION Lifetime Meters! WOWZER! We wish you many more - especially since you are on a dual journey to the moon and to circumnavigate the Earth! Well done, Buckaroo.

Sturm und Drang
ˈSHto͝orm o͝on(d) ˈdräNG/
noun
a literary and artistic movement in Germany in the late 18th century, influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and characterized by the expression of emotional unrest and a rejection of neoclassical literary norms.
turbulent emotion or stress.
"that casual morning meeting dragged into a brawling afternoon of Sturm und Drang"

[bg]

Fortunately our teammates often notice things that slip by the rest of us...and David A caught the reference to a biggie milestone (28 MM) by Ron...and upon seeing his reference, I also saw the sturm and dang terminology...and while I "got" the idea, I had no clue where Ron dug that reference up.



Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION Lifetime Meters! WOWZER! We wish you many more - especially since you are on a dual journey to the moon and to circumnavigate the Earth! Well done, Buckaroo.

Sturm und Drang
ˈSHto͝orm o͝on(d) ˈdräNG/
noun
a literary and artistic movement in Germany in the late 18th century, influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and characterized by the expression of emotional unrest and a rejection of neoclassical literary norms.
turbulent emotion or stress.
"that casual morning meeting dragged into a brawling afternoon of Sturm und Drang"[/quote]

wooo hoooo and congrats :} btw...being a geezer i remember the saturday morning cartoons....and creature double feature at night...

[Kona2]

Global Marathon Challenge officially ends today...of course, entries are always accepted here as we celebrate full and half moons year round!

I'm seriously impressed with the number of Lunies who have completed full marathons, and those who have completed halfs. Some teammates have completed these more than one time. No way that I could complete even a half marathon...ok...at really really slow speeds I could...this year. Discovered that project work means that you don't always get exercise on a machine - sometimes your exercise is whatever it takes to get that part of the project completed. Then there were the trips to the Hardware Store. This is a place of mystery, where the uninitiated can wander the aisles for literally hours looking for something that you don't know the name of, that might be located in electrical or maybe it's actually in Hardware. My eyes glazed over almost as soon as I entered the store, and I learned to just make a beeline for the store assistants.

Meanwhile, two more teammates have checked in for the 2015 season! This is awesome news! Welcome back to David W (GBR) and Tim K! Great to see you on the roster!

Season meters as of 14/365 = 5,231,440 m

Total meters on the day = 508,725 m

Oars in space (participation) = 43 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

250 K Richard T
250 K bg
200 K Ron
200 K Sarah H
150 K David A
150 K Rosi
100 K Jane
100 K Robyn

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

Bobbie m ... a double double!
Gene 3,500 m
Rosi 4,000 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m ... it will come as no surprise that we have your numbers!
Marty m
Anita 4,500 m
David W (GBR) 5,000 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Ross 5,292 m
Peter G 5,457 m
Marie m ... whew! thought we might be palindromeless!
Jay m
Jim m
Larry 6,248 m
Ronnie 6,500 m
Sarah H 7,000 m
Kristine 7,673 m
Bernie 8,014 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Dan W 10,072 m
Mike C 10,613 m
David A 11,205 m
Danno m ... a double double with extras!
Jon C 11,813 m
David T 12,000 m
Jayne m
Jane 13,107 m
Dominic 15,700 m
Tim K 20,000 m
Robyn 21,097 m
bg 25,182 m
Ron 27,597 m
Richard T 192,156 m ..hooboy! That's an update!

[Kona2]

Global Marathon Challenge Finishers:

Full Marathon: 8 of 180 finishers are Lunies (4.44 percent)

Richard T 63 USA LUNA-TICS 2
Kristine Strasburger 49 Spirit Lake ID USA LUNA-TICS 1
Katerina Mack 34 Springfield IL USA LUNA-TICS 1
Ron MacBruce 60 Brookfield VT USA LUNA-TICS 1
Rosita Delacruz 39 Mazatlan MEX LUNA-TICS 1
Ed Church 54 Doha QAT LUNA-TICS 1
Mikkel Bang Christensen 35 Sarasota FL USA LUNA-TICS 1
Marie Ballantine 46 Madison WI USA LUNA-TICS 1

Half Marathon: 24 of 540 finishers are Lunies (4.44 percent - I tell you, there are NO coincidences)

Rebecca Whitcomb 31 Readfield ME USA LUNA-TICS 1
Chris Tudury 65 Fair Oaks CA USA LUNA-TICS 1
Richard T 63 USA LUNA-TICS 1
Kristine Strasburger 49 Spirit Lake ID USA LUNA-TICS 1
Ronnie Mills 47 Alligator Pond JAM LUNA-TICS 2
Ron MacBruce 60 Brookfield VT USA LUNA-TICS 7
Robyn Lee 37 SanFrancisco CA USA LUNA-TICS 5
Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. 41 Hot Springs AR USA LUNA-TICS 1
Jim Kielma 60 USA LUNA-TICS 1
Jodie James 34 Memphis TN USA LUNA-TICS 1
Anita Holub 45 Pilsen CZE LUNA-TICS 1
Sarah Hallbeck 33 Jerusalem ISR LUNA-TICS 2
Steve Gooch 50 Ferndale Wales GBR LUNA-TICS 6
Rosita Delacruz 39 Mazatlan MEX LUNA-TICS 1
Mike Crossley 58 Richland WA USA LUNA-TICS 1
Daniel Cox 70 Ormond Beach FL USA LUNA-TICS 1
Norton Commando 38 Nelson SI NZL LUNA-TICS 2
Jon Casadont 43 Kenosha WI USA LUNA-TICS 1
Mikkel Bang Christensen 35 Sarasota FL USA LUNA-TICS 1
Marie Ballantine 46 Madison WI USA LUNA-TICS 2
Stuart Babendir 56 Deerfield IL USA LUNA-TICS 1
Lawrence Arevalo 49 Houston TX USA LUNA-TICS 2
David A. Alden 53 Amberley Village OH USA LUNA-TICS 1
Sarah Addams 28 McKinney TX USA LUNA-TICS 1

Often in Tucson about the time that the Gambel Quail are laying eggs...and I was on egg watch a few years ago. One year the quail chose one of Mom's flower pots for a nesting area. Each day, one or two more eggs would appear. I never saw the chicks hatch, and as small as the eggs are...knew that they would seem somewhat microscopic. The adult ones have a feather that curls forward.



Finally was able to observe the Gambel chicks - on a golf course in Nevada! The babies were about two inches high, and pretty darn fast. The parent quail would try to put them into safety by loading them into a shrub....of course, the babies were running out the back so it was shrub to shrub.



Season meters as of 15/365 = 5,587,697 m

Total meters on the day = 356,257 m

Oars in space (participation) = 43 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

350 K Ed
300 K Richard T
150 K Ronnie
150 K Marie
100 K Jim - with a half marathon
100 K Danno - with a half marathon
100 K Rebecca - with a half marathon

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

Bobbie m ... a palindrome
Lily m ... a double double!
Gene 2,500 m
Tony m
Marty ......... ... hooboy! Marty's counting down to the weekend...and it's here!
Anita 4,500 m
Wim 4,500 m
Jodie 5,000 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Paul B 5,000 m
Jay m ... a palindrome!
Bernie 5,030 m
Andre m ... a double double!
Sarah H m ... a double double!
David W (GBR) m ... a double double !
David T 6,000 m
Marie 6,300 m
Ross 6,312 m
Tom M 6,861 m
Ronnie 7,000 m
Barry S 8,012 m
Sarah A 8,891 m
Katerina 9,000 m
Dan W 10,582 m
Jane m
David A 11,136 m
Richard T 15,300 m
Danno 21,097 m
Jim 21,097 m
Rebecca 21,097 m
Steve G 21,097 m
bg 25,340 m
Ron 25,597 m
Ed 50,000 m

[macbruce1]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION Lifetime Meters! WOWZER! We wish you many more - especially since you are on a dual journey to the moon and to circumnavigate the Earth! Well done, Buckaroo.

Sturm und Drang
ˈSHto͝orm o͝on(d) ˈdräNG/
noun
a literary and artistic movement in Germany in the late 18th century, influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and characterized by the expression of emotional unrest and a rejection of neoclassical literary norms.
turbulent emotion or stress.
"that casual morning meeting dragged into a brawling afternoon of Sturm und Drang"[/quote]
I drive my wife crazy with the obscure references
It is appropriate that you used a work meeting reference. I often used the term Sturm und Drang to describe our often contentious weekly lab meetings. I also used a quote from "The Bard": "-----full of sound and fury signifying nothing"
I hear you on going to the hardware store. What is wrong with these sales people when they can't help you locate the thingy that goes on whatmacallit
Da Do Ron Ron

[Kona2]

Welcome to new teammate Don C! We wish you many good rowing and/or ski-erging sessions!

Season meters as of 16/365 = 5,474,307 m Que sera, sera...as in the song title

Total meters on the day = 298,259 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

400 K Ed
300 K bg
250 K Ron
100 K Larry
100 K Dominic
100 K Barry S
100 K Anita

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

Bobbie m ...a double double!
Lily m ...a double double!
Andre m
Gene m
Lynne m
Rebecca m
Peter G 5,018 m
David W (GBR) 5,021 m
Anita m
Jim m
Ronnie m
Chris H 7,121 m
Sarah A m
Barry S 10,000 m
Jon C 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Jane 10,251 m
bg 11,194 m
Jayne m ....she wants to use ALL the crayon colors !
David A 12,449 m
Dominic 13,690 m
Ed 20,000 m
Larry 21,097 m
Ron 25,897 m .. there's a half marathon in there !
Don C 76,000 m

[Drivetofast]

California Chrome Wins Preakness Time 154:84 Way better ten my 157 and change

[Drivetofast]

First Derby He will never foget it

[Kona2]

Season meters as of 17/365 = 5,669,096 m

Total meters on the day = 193,789 m

Oars in space (participation) = 24 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

250 K Steve G
200 K Jon C
100 K Jayne

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

Lily 1,800 m
K2 m
Bobbie 2,500 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Peter G 6,078 m
Anita 6,500 m
Jim m ... a palindrome !
Sarah A 7,307 m
Barry S 7,512 m
Ronnie m ... a palindrome !
Rebecca 8,903 m....as she gets her totals aligned to the ...
David W (AZ) 9,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Sarah H 11,000 m
Jayne 13,764 m
Richard T 15,484 m ...and the winning Preakness time is....1:54:84 !
Ron 21,097 m
Paul R 21,447 m
Jon C 29,160 m

[bg]

California Chrome Wins Preakness Time 154:84 Way better ten my 157 and change

woooo hooooo :}

[Kona2]

Hooboy! We've got more horse racing to look forward to!

Hooyah! A TRIPLE play AND a walkoff home run...!

Meanwhile, welcome back for the 2015 Season to Kiba! Very good to see your name on the roster!

Season meters as of 18/365 = 5,946,935 m

Total meters on the day = 283,304 m

Oars in space (participation) = 31 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

200 K David A
100 K Sarah A ...whoop, whoop for your first 100K of the season...

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

Bobbie m ... a double double !
Mike M 3,013 m
Anita m
Marty m
Katerina m
Lynne 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Sarah H 5,000 m
Jim 6,858 m
Ronnie 7,000 m
Jay 7,500 m
David W (AZ) m
Jayne m ... a palindrome!
Barry S 8,549 m
Jon C 10,000 m
Todd 10,000 m
Sarah A 10,469 m
Stephen m ... a triple double!
Larry 14,071 m
Dominic 15,202 m
David A 22,368 m
Steve G 23,097 m
Ed 25,000 m
Kiba 63,292 m