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

[Larryrows]

... what are the odds of two similarly named teammates (Barry and Larry) erging exactly the same number?
There's probably an equation to determine that probability....

What are the Barry-n-Larry odds?



Either they called each other across a great number of time zones, and conspired ...
... or the Earth will shift off its axis and plummet into the Sun.

No kidding! And I bet we were both trying for the 10101 palindrome and the dang wheel kept spinning. At least that is what I was doing!

[Kona2]

Welcome back for the 2015 Erging Season to Douglas G and Jay R...always good to see returning teammates!

Hooboy! The milestones are piling up for our teammates, AND I see some meters from our man from Scotland. Yep, Ron has either returned or found a rowing machine wherever he is!

Season meters as of 75/365 = 17,312,582 m

Total meters on the day = 176,751 m

Teammates in the boat = 82

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.15 MM Steve G
1.05 MM bg
950 K Ron
500 K Dominic - a cool half million !

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

Jay R 546 m
K2 m ..a repeater palindrome !
Douglas 5,718 m
Rick C 6,202 m
Jon C 6,480 m
Andre 7,002 m
Ross 7,405 m
Bernie 8,030 m
Jane m ... a palindrome!
Richard T 10,155 m
Barry 10,230 m
David A 11,161 m
David T 12,000 m
Don C 12,000 m
Ron m ... a Scottish palindrome
Steve G 15,000 m
Dominic 15,214 m
bg m ... a double ought double !

[Larryrows]

Congrats on the MM bg and Steve G!

[Kona2]

Welcome back to Jie Jie T for the 2015 Erging Season - great to see another familiar name on the roster!

Season meters as of 76/365 = 17,545,999 m

Total meters on the day = 233,417 m

Teammates in the boat = 83

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.4 MM Richard T
250 K Dtudury

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

James S 5,000 m
Jie Jie 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Kerry 5,014 m
Rick C 6,354 m
David W (AZ) 6,567 m
AJ 7,022 m
Bernie 8,032 m
David W (GBR) 8,545 m
Douglas m ... a palindrome...!
Jane m ... a palindrome
Larry 10,255 m
Minnie m ...another palindrome!
Don C 12,000 m
Steve G 17,625 m
Richard T 18,521 m
bg 22,146 m
Ed m ... a palindrome!
Dtudury 40,381 m

[Drivetofast]

What no Ron today I hope he didn't get his Kilt caught in the Rollers We need pictures and a bunny trail Ron

[macbruce1]

What no Ron today I hope he didn't get his Kilt caught in the Rollers We need pictures and a bunny trail Ron

I didn't get my kilt caught, but after almost two weeks without the Erg, I was a little sore the next day
Scotland was wonderful. The people are so friendly and any adjective I can come up with does not come close to describing the scenery.
My little Bunny Trail has to do with the word "Stramash".
We were hoping to go to a ceilidh while we were there but we were always at the wrong place at the wrong time.
We mentioned it to people at our B&B in Dufftown and they said there was a Stramash at the local British Loyal Legion that night.
In Scotland stramash means a disorderly commotion or argument. It can also mean an informal get together where people bring whatever instrument they want to play and anyone who wants to can get up and sing. I just meant to go for a little while to check it out, but I had such a good time I stayed for the whole time-about 3 hours. There were about a dozen fiddlers (Including two young men from Texas), a keyboard player, a drummer and an accordion player. Along with the locals there were folks from the USA, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands and South Africa. One of the women from South Africa even got up and sang two songs in Afrikaans.
I was made to feel very welcome and they sang Happy Birthday( It was two days before my 60th) and the Congratulations Song in honor of our 35th wedding anniversary (It was the day before). It is one of my fondest memories of Scotland.
Unfortunately, Lyn didn't feel well and didn't go.
Congratulations to all those who achieved milestones while I was away.
I have to get back to my lawn, which is more like a hay field and my garden, that resembles a jungle right now.
Ron

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving your first ONE million of the rowing season (we're pretty sure there will be more!)! We wish you many, MANY more!!

And cool picture in front of the Robert the Bruce memorial....can't quite tell from the photo, but that sure looks like a C2 logo on your shirt....and happy birthday!!

[Kona2]

Season meters as of 78/365 = 17,921,426 m

Total meters on the day = 375,427 m

Teammates in the boat = 83

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.5 MM Ed
1.2 MM Steve G
1.0 MM Ron
850 K David A
600 K Minnie
550 K Jon C
450 K Stephen
400 K Jane
350 K Dan W
350 K Rebecca
300 K Bernie
300 K David T
100 K Jeff P

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

Jay R 1,019 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
Kerry 6,000 m
Andre 7,046 m
AJ 7,253 m
Dominic 8,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Bernie 13,043 m
David T 18,000 m
Dan W 18,539 m
Jon C 20,000 m
Barry 20,459 m
Jane m ... a palindrome...formed by two days of palindroming...
Minnie m ... a palindrome...hula hula !
David A 22,292 m
Stephen 24,137 m
Ed m ... a palindrome !
Steve G 36,097 m .... mooning us again!
bg 37,047 m
Ron 44,329 m

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving your first ONE million of the rowing season (we're pretty sure there will be more!)! We wish you many, MANY more!!

And cool picture in front of the Robert the Bruce memorial....can't quite tell from the photo, but that sure looks like a C2 logo on your shirt....and happy birthday!!

wooooo hooo and congrats and thanks for the photo and bunny trail....and welcome and welcome back to to new and returning teammates :}

[macbruce1]

Kilt Rock on the Isle of Skye
Yes, K2, that was a C2 logo on my shirt.
Ron

[bg]

Kilt Rock on the Isle of Skye
Yes, K2, that was a C2 logo on my shirt.
Ron

and a belated happy birthday :}

[danwho]

Happy Birthday with a great big 0 at the end, Ron !!

[Larryrows]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving your first ONE million of the rowing season (we're pretty sure there will be more!)! We wish you many, MANY more!!

And cool picture in front of the Robert the Bruce memorial....can't quite tell from the photo, but that sure looks like a C2 logo on your shirt....and happy birthday!!

Congratulations on the big MM, Ron! Keep on pulling! And a Happy Birthday to you!

[Kristine Strasburger]

... to pin down your erg while operating in zero-gravity during lunar missions.

And remember, in space, no one can hear you ... row

Great find, Dan W (I'm thinking Kristine maybe had a little dyslexia there)! The fellow "row screaming" reminds me of one of the Three Stooges...in a good remembrance kind of way.

Yes, evidently I did. That's what I get for using my tiny phone screen to make a posting. So sorry, Dan.

Welcome back, Ron. Glad to hear it was such a great trip. Happy birthday on top of it all.

Congrats to all the milestone meter achievers of late. Way to row!

[Kona2]

And another teammate returns for the 2015 Erging Season ! Welcome back to Gail W !

Kilt Rock! I've heard that Isle of Skye has some pretty dramatic landscape.

Hooboy! Sometimes you just can't fit it all in in a day! It's golf tourney peak season, and putting a tourney together is lots and lots of time-consuming little details. I did capture numbers yesterday, and didn't have time for the posting (and here consistency is my mantra!). We do what we can do.

Season meters as of 80/365 = 18,243,454 m

Teammates in the boat = 84

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

550 K Larry
450 K Don C
50 K Gail W

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

From 19 July:

Jie Jie 2,000 m
David T 6,000 m
James S 6,000 m
Rick C 6,052 m
Kerry 6,200 m
AJ 7,085 m
Andre 7,158 m
Bernie 8,036 m
Larry 8,644 m
bg 10,089 m
Jane m ... a palindrome !
m...hula, hula! A palindrome!
Steve G 15,000 m
Don C 24,000 m
Ed 25,000 m
Ron 35,042 m ...I think he's back in the rowing groove now...

From today:

AJ 7,029 m
Jon C 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Jane m ... a palindrome ! Deja vu!
m...hula, hula! A palindrome!
David A 12,388 m
Larry 12,481 m
Gail W 60,000 m