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

[Kona2]

Welcome back for the 2015 Concept2 Erg Season to Brian and Lee ! Always good to see returning teammates!


A follow up to an earlier episode!

Back in late September, I started seeing these woolly caterpillars...and there was some discussion about whether or not they were predictors of a harsh winter. Danwho also noted that there was a festival for these little hummers in Minnesota for sure. I was perusing the USA Today last week - they have a page that shows some short blurbs on what is going on in each state. Here's what they had to say about North Carolina on 10/22/14:



Nothing like naming your woolly bear caterpillar after the hunchback of Notre Dame....Quasimodo....clever mountain people these Banner Elkians...


Day 2 of the Skeleton Crew Challenge!

And Day 2 finds that we have THREE Lunies already on the Skeleton Crew Honor Board: Well done!

Richard T LUNA-TICS 65,256
Steve Gooch LUNA-TICS 31,596
Ed Church LUNA-TICS 35,052

Season meters as of 178/365 = 41,281,331 m

Total meters on the day = 201,593 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.05 MM Ed
2.65 MM Steve G
850 K Dan W
750 K David T - a cool three-quarters of a million meters!
600 K Rebecca

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

Brian 5,000 m
Lee 5,000 m
Lynne C 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
K2 5,556 m
David T 6,000 m
Patrick 6,014 m
AJ 7,017 m
Tom M 8,022 m
Dan O' 9,816 m
Ed 10,000 m
James S 10,000 m
Jon C 10,000 m
m ...a palindrome!
Dan W m....another who-lian palindrome!
Howard 12,212 m
Danno 13,023 m
Jayne 13,192 m
Steve G 16,596 m
Richard T m ...a palindrome!

[danwho]

I was perusing the USA Today last week - they have a page that shows some short blurbs on what is going on in each state. Here's what they had to say about North Carolina on 10/22/14:



Nothing like naming your woolly bear caterpillar after the hunchback of Notre Dame....Quasimodo....clever mountain people these Banner Elkians...

Looks like Kwazimodo has another race to win.
Not sure we'll be getting a prediction this year.
Does anyone else hear a faint "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!"

[Kona2]

Skeleton Crew Challenge....Day 3 .....

Yo ho ho and a bottle of...whatever your fall beverage might be!

Congratulations to our current Skeleton Crew Challenge Finishers....the list is getting longer each day! Good stuff!

Richard T LUNA-TICS 69,070
Steve Gooch LUNA-TICS 48,178
Ed Church LUNA-TICS 60,104
David A. Alden LUNA-TICS 31,651

Hooboy....those Kansas City Royals better get their game on by Tuesday...or Robyn's Giants will take the big prize away for the THIRD time in five years. Dynasty.

Season meters as of 179/185 = 41,460,099 m

Total meters on the day = 178,768 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.11 MM David A
150 K Howard
100 K Jessica
50 K Rich M

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

Steven D 2,075 m
Richard T 3,814 m
K2 5,000 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Barry 5,013 m
Rich M 7,500 m
Tom M 7,809 m
Danno 8,050 m
Peter G 8,128 m
Patrick 9,376 m
Jessica 10,000 m
Mikkel 10,000 m
Dan W m ...a palindrome from he who was in Venice...
Minnie m ...hula hula palindrome...from she who was also in Venice...
Howard 12,089 m
Dominic 15,169 m
Steve G 16,582 m
David A 31,651 m

[danwho]

...a palindrome from he who was in Venice...

Ah! Can't sneak anything past you.. but the dome of St. Mark's in the background is probably even more than Doug Henning's (remember him?) powers of misdirection could deal with.
Yeah, the Tardis outside the Colosseum seemed to work best with the Whovian theme we had going. But our actual anniversary trip was a great big tour of Italy - and we had a great time!
Here's the trip details:
http://www.globusjourneys.com/Product.aspx?trip=5LB

[Drivetofast]

ESPN picks who is a better QB TB or PM TB by far 3 Rings 17-1 season etc list is to long . K2 has to have Room for Posting. Also Bill and Tom gave Denver some of there best players so they could compete Tell me that they aren't nice guys

[Kona2]

ESPN picks who is a better QB TB or PM TB by far 3 Rings 17-1 season etc list is to long . K2 has to have Room for Posting. Also Bill and Tom gave Denver some of there best players so they could compete Tell me that they aren't nice guys

Keep digging.

[Kona2]

Miss Direction is what I call Siri when the virtual she sends me down a farm road that parallels the ACTUAL road I would have preferred to be driving...and, speaking of farm roads, I was on a few of those yesterday in search of the Great Pumpkin...



Will the Royals prevail tonight? A baseball friend who is a San Francisco Giant fan says we didn't invent the American game of baseball to have a team named the Royals win the World Series. Ha. As Lorde the singer would say...."We'll Never Be Royals" but you can be Queen Beeeeee...

Skeleton Crew Challenge...Day 4...


More Lunies Capture Skeletons! Magnificent Seven !

Chris Tudury Fair Oaks CA USA LUNA-TICS 34,033
Richard T USA LUNA-TICS LTA 78,668
Howard Lett Platte City MO USA LUNA-TICS 36,422
Steve Gooch Ferndale Wales GBR LUNA-TICS 68,371
Daniel Cox Ormond Beach FL USA LUNA-TICS 38,579
Ed Church Doha QAT LUNA-TICS 60,104
David A. Alden Amberley Village OH USA LUNA-TICS 48,936


Season meters as of 180/365 = 41,720,887 m

Total meters on the day = 260,788 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.45 MM Ed
2.55 MM bg
1.6 MM Minnie
1.0 MM Danno
700 K Bernie
600 K David W (GBR)
350 K Lynne C

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

Tony m
Ross 2,000 m
Steven D m ...a double double !
Patrick 2,553 m
Lynne 5,000 m
David T 6,000 m
Mikkel 6,000 m
Dan O' 6,426 m
Laurie 7,000 m
Richard T 9,598 m ... sure to be stashing some extra meters somewhere
Bernie 10,014 m
AJ 11,012 m...just missed a double aught double
m...hula hula palindrome!
Dominic 12,000 m
Howard m ...a palindrome by Howard and his red motorcycle
David G 15,383 m
David A 17,285 m
Danno 17,506 m
Steve G 20,193 m
bg 22,645 m
Ed m ...a Qataran palindrome

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations once again to Danno on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! Don't know how many millions he has in the lifetime meter bank, but am sure that it is getting up there! We wish you many, MANY more!!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations once again to Danno on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! Don't know how many millions he has in the lifetime meter bank, but am sure that it is getting up there! We wish you many, MANY more!!

wooooooo hoooooo and congrats danno :} and welcome and welcome back to all the new luna-tics...and i'm a homer, so i'm a tb type of girl....and since i'm here-

it's lucky thirteen this year.....my thirteenth year running the boston marathon on the american liver foundation's run for research team and you can sponsor me by going to

http://go.liverfoundation.org/goto/bg2015


thanks and gooooooo liver....

[DGently]

Not a quibble, but that should be 12121 for the palindrome, rather than 11221.
You do such a great job that I feel like I should just keep my mouth shut, rather than be thought pedantic.

Howard

[Kona2]

Not a quibble, but that should be 12121 for the palindrome, rather than 11221.
You do such a great job that I feel like I should just keep my mouth shut, rather than be thought pedantic.

Howard

Howard m ...a palindrome by Howard and his red motorcycle

Well...what a bummer for you! I did have it as a palindrome and not a double double. I put the first two in the wrong spot of the code. Rats. I'm ok with quibbles - and did want to especially note that your palindrome had a very who-ville look since it is one that Danwho likes as well. So, good call !

Meanwhile, it took me a couple readings of bg's post to realize that she was (not surprisingly) saying that she is a Tom Brady fan since she is a Boston gal. And she is indeed running her 13th Boston Marathon ... lucky 13. Cool stuff, Barbara. It is always good to support the home team. I think it interesting that the Patriots were just as willing as the Broncos to not always pursue those that had reached free agency. It's a business, and unlike the fan base, the teams appear to be able to take a lot of the emotion out of their choices. So, when Talib waits around and doesn't get his offer of $12 million from the Patriots (who then go out and replace him with ANOTHER guy for $12 million), he takes the better offer. And all the fans hope for the best possible outcome to the game. I do question how it feels okay that the Patriots have gotten home advantage SIX out of the EIGHT games they have last played. I would say that's just not right, and the NFL says it will all be right as it flips in the next six years. So remember that one down the road as I am sure we will continue to have the Patriots vs Broncos discussion in the future. Hahaha!

[Drivetofast]

K2 K2 K2 As far as Games being played in DENVER . Until they move the stadium down to a lower altitude. No games should be played there. Isn't that where athletes go to train for Olympics The next highest Stadium is in AZ 1070' Thinner air Longer field Goals Records Ha not fair.

[Drivetofast]

Lets get it on

[Kona2]

Day 5....and the Scary Crew list grows!

Dan Wickwar Raleigh NC USA LUNA-TICS 34,443 New today!
Chris Tudury Fair Oaks CA USA LUNA-TICS 44,734
Richard T USA LUNA-TICS LTA 100,183
Howard Lett Platte City MO USA LUNA-TICS 48,767
barbara grandberg somerville ma USA LUNA-TICS 47,873 New today!
Steve Gooch Ferndale Wales GBR LUNA-TICS 85,772
Dominic Faraway London GBR LUNA-TICS 42,376 New today!
Daniel Cox Ormond Beach FL USA LUNA-TICS 46,814
Ed Church Doha QAT LUNA-TICS 85,156
David A. Alden Amberley Village OH USA LUNA-TICS 63,803

Season meters as of 181/365 = 41,981,430 m

Total meters on the day = 260,543 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.1 MM Richard T
2.7 MM Steve G
400 K Ken G
350 K Ross
50 K Steven D

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

Patrick 4,116 m
Ross 4,527 m
K2 5,000 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Larry 5,278 m
Peter G 6,200 m
Bruce 6,750 m
Danno 8,235 m
Laurie 10,000 m
Melissa 10,000 m
m ... hula hula palindrome....
Ken G 11,000 m
Dan W m ...whovian palindrome
Howard m ... he's running the table!
David A 14,867 m
Dominic 15,207 m
Steve 17,401 m
Mike C 20,000 m
Richard T 21,515 m ...and first to 100K in the Skeleton Crew Challenge!
Ed m ... a palindrome !
bg 25,228 m

[Kona2]

Lets get it on - see pumpkin photo above as it is not "that" kind of statement says K2

Richard T and I are going to have a pumpkin growing contest this next year. Since I do not have a huge garden space that I am willing to devote to just ONE pumpkin, I am going to try and get a 100 to 200 lb pumpkin. One that hopefully still looks like a pumpkin! Some of the big winners for the giant squash are coming in at 2000 lbs, and are like big pumpkin blobs. Apparently, we have a bit of work to do to get the soil ready for this adventure, and that soil prep starts in the fall before the spring/summer planting. Stay tuned for pumpkin progress reports - and if anyone else wants to enter this pumpkin challenge, I think it would be a Lunie thing to do!