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[danwho]

[Kona2]

Amidst the clatter of reindeer hooves, and shouts of whoop, whoop and away!, Jane has crossed the ONE million meter milestone for the season! Congratulations, Jane. We wish you MANY, many more fireworks !!

[Kona2]

Very good! A new reindeer game....and since you are playing by antler lights, you've won a few rounds!

[Kona2]

Hooboy! Santa's called a reindeer meeting and it's a STAMPEDE with all the herd clamoring to get fit for the sleigh harness (some bits are definitely flashing, too), and the new LED antler lights are going to have to spaced throughout the sky or we'll have a meteorish look as we flash by while making all our deliveries.

Today is Christmas Eve in the Southern Hemisphere, and Dave H might be working feverishly at the rower to get those last few meters done prior to antler lights. Norton in NZL is also close to metering enough for a reindeer....it's all good! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we have today and tomorrow to get it done - and there are SO MANY who are SO CLOSE to a milestone. Alas, I do not believe the Erging Universe can make the $30K goal as we are well behind the graph at this time (we would need to be at about $27K overall). I'd love to be mistaken - and it is possible that there will be some late postings...

FLASHING HARNESS SIGHTINGS:


Hula Hula (Minnie)

ANTLER LIGHTS:


Amerigo (Peter H)


Meteor (Robyn)

Season meters as of 236/365 = 64,392,741 m

Total meters on the day = 1,288,044 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.85 MM Ron
1.0 MM Jane
850 K Sarah H
550 K Kerry

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

Mike M 3,000 m
K2 4,122 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Michelle 5,000 m
Scott 5,000 m
Kerry 5,012 m
Chip 5,048 m
Terry 6,017 m
Larry 6,175 m
Patrick 6,340 m
Norma m ... a palindrome by Norma!
Rebecca 7,000 m
Sorin 7,478 m
Bernie 8,018 m
Barry 8,052 m
Andrea 8,616 m
Mikkel 8,903 m
Virginia 10,020 m
Ian 10,258 m
Jane m ... starry palindrome!
Robyn 12,500 m
Dan O' 12,868 m
Stuart 12,911 m
Sarah A 13,068 m
Peter H 20,000 m
Dave H 21,097 m
Ron 21,097 m ... I think this is the first half marathon since the injury!
Sarah H 23,500 m
Chuck 27,228 m ...mega-effort to get to 200K Hol Challenge meters!
bg 30,364 m
Minnie 30,683 m ...drawn to the flashing red harness....and she has it !

[bg]

...a meeting of virtual teammates here in Colorado! I received a text from Kristine S saying that she and husband Keith would be in the area today, and could we have a face to face meeting. You betcha! Kristine is the gal who first put together our forum pages and captained our team, and after 8 years or so of virtually rowing together....well - how cool to actually meet the avatars! We met for brunch and some great conversation!

that is sooooooo cool :}

[nl07695]

Today is Christmas Eve in the Southern Hemisphere, and Dave H might be working feverishly at the rower to get those last few meters done prior to antler lights. Norton in NZL is also close to metering enough for a reindeer....it's all good! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we have today and tomorrow to get it done - and there are SO MANY who are SO CLOSE to a milestone. Alas, I do not believe the Erging Universe can make the $30K goal as we are well behind the graph at this time (we would need to be at about $27K overall). I'd love to be mistaken - and it is possible that there will be some late postings...

Hi Kona2,

I've seen you make this "mistake" before. For sure the Aussies are on the other end of the world and south of the equator, but just being south of the equator is no guarantee that it's xmas eve everywhere (Argentina Chile etc.). In stead of Southern Hemisphere it is the fact that they are (like me) in the Eastern Hemisphere, so further ahead in time than the Western Hemisphere that mainly contains the Americas.

[Kona2]

Hmmm - I am at least consistent then. It is tomorrow in New Zealand and Australia. They see the Southern Star. You got my drift...and I never heard of the Eastern hemisphere....as long as Amerigo knows where he is going...

[just27]

I've seen you make this "mistake" before. For sure the Aussies are on the other end of the world and south of the equator, but just being south of the equator is no guarantee that it's xmas eve everywhere (Argentina Chile etc.). In stead of Southern Hemisphere it is the fact that they are (like me) in the Eastern Hemisphere, so further ahead in time than the Western Hemisphere that mainly contains the Americas.

Obviously, our Luna space ship operates outside the realm of Earth's navigational definitions. In our inter-galactic bubble universe, it would be the celestial sphere ... those "AUS," "NDL," "UK," and "US" type tags are simply our place of origin.

[Kona2]

Hmmm - I am at least consistent then. It is tomorrow in New Zealand and Australia. They see the Southern Star. You got my drift...and I never heard of the Eastern hemisphere....as long as Amerigo knows where he is going...

Argentina and Chile are certainly places you know about ... And since it is not quite 8 pm on the 23rd, I think I get it (until next year when I will have to relearn it). Good catch - now I just have to recruit some of those folks.

[danwho]

[Kona2]

You KNOW that feeling.....it's the last set of meters that will take you to your milestone....the numbers are disappearing from the display....and you start to row or ski-erg FASTER to get to zero...well, we have a couple of teammates who are SO CLOSE to getting to the Concept2 donation and reindeer claiming....or to antler lights. Let's send some "get those meters!" thoughts to:

For the 200K Challenge....the Challenge pin....and $6 in Concept2 donations: Jane with (8,247 m) to go!

For the 100K Challenge....the $2 in Concept2 donations...and the Reindeer name:

Larry A with (4,685 m) to go!

David G with (6,680 m) to go!

David T with (8,000 m) to go!

Barry with (10,135 m) to go!

Sorin with (17,294 m) to go!

What a busy erg day yesterday was in our Luniverse! Many antler lights, FIVE half moons, FIVE new reindeer, ONE flashing harness, and ONE tail wag from our young buck Hercules - who claims that swagger with a full marathon.

Reindeer joining the herd:



Montastruc (AJ)



Calypso (Melissa)



Oberon (Norton)



Scout (Lily)



Leo (Gene)

Reindeer Earning Antler Lights:


Astro (K2)


Jet (Ian)


Star (Ted)


Bruce (Dave H)


Frost (Andrea)


Rocky (Rebecca)

Reindeer Earning Flashing Harness:


Aurora (Sarah H)

Reindeer Earning Swagger...the Tail Wag!


Hercules (Walter)

Season meters as of 237/365 = 65,149,510 m

Total meters on the day = 756,769 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.4 MM bg
2.4 MM Walter
2.2 MM Minnie
950 K Bernie
700 K Sarah A
550 K Scott
500 K Lynne - a cool half million!
450 K K2
350 K Virginia
200 K Ian

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

Norma m ...a starry palindrome!
Lynne 5,000 m
Marie 5,000 m
Dave H 5,027 m .... for a like-minded Challenge palindrome of m
Larry A 5,156 m
AJ 7,035 m
Sarah H 7,500 m
Andrea 8,536 m
Ted 9,000 m
K2 m ...a starry palindrome for a Challenge total of m
Virginia 10,019 m
Chip 10,060 m
Jane m ... a starry palindrome...
Steve 10,490 m
Harold 10,500 m
Sorin 10,511 m
m ... a starry palindrome! hula hula....although it IS snowing on the island of Hawaii
Bernie 12,000 m
Robyn 12,000 m
Laurie m ... a Christmas eve palindrome...
Danwho m ...whovian palindrome!
Norton 13,000 m
Rebecca 13,000 m
Sarah A 14,156 m
Ian 14,736 m
Ken 20,000 m
Howard 21,097 m a half moon Christmas!
Scott 21,097 m a half moon Christmas !
Melissa 22,000 m ...good finish!
bg 22,313 m
Ed m ... a starry palindrome
Walter 42,195 m

[DGently]

Much as I would love that half-moon to be mine, I missed the last couple days. So that 21,097 meters isn't mine, darn the luck.

Howard

[bg]

while's here...merry christmas...and great rowing everyone :}

[Edscapade]

while's here...merry christmas...and great rowing everyone :}

Merry Christmas everyone!! Hope you are able to spend time with your families... We took our 3 yr old to Dubai and skied indoors in the desert. Great memories for sure.

Happy rowing,

Ed

[just27]

m ... a starry palindrome! hula hula....although it IS snowing on the island of Hawaii

Hah ... I packed my fur lined grass skirt; just in case I happen to be at 12,000 feet.