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

[danwho]

Thank you. Thank you. Hopefully on track for a 2 million meter season.
You know, it never would have occurred to go for a 2 million season before I became a Lunatic.
But it's all worth it ... now where I do get that skeleton snow globe from Cafe Press?

[Edscapade]

Whoop, whoop and cheerio! What a fantastic way to finish out October! Congratulations to danwho on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!

Congratulations Dan!!! I'll drink to that for yah....

[danwho]

Congratulations Dan!!! I'll drink to that for yah....

3,999,999 bottles of beer on the wall...

[Steve W]

A million congrats, Dan! Plenty of time to get that second mil !

[Kona2]

Whooooosh! That's the sound of you and your erg flying through ANOTHER month!

22 on the Lunie Skeleton Crew!
Congratulations to new finishers...appropriately at the deadline for this Challenge: Ron, Peter T, and K2

And onto the NEXT Challenge! 40-4-40 on November 6th Get your 40 minutes of erg time in - whether it's all in one foop swell or some minutes cobbled together throughout the day.


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.1 MM Ed
1.95 MM Tombeur
1.8 MM Mike C
1.25 MM Ken G
100 K Laurie

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

David T 1,000 m
Ian 2,001 m
Derric 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,020 m
Matthew R 5,692 m
Louis 6,000 m
Rick 6,260 m
Patrick H 7,221 m
Richard McC 7,680 m
Steve W 8,423 m
K2 8,811 m ...a double double!
Janice 10,000 m
Norma 10,101 m ....whew! Thought we were going to have a palindrome-less day for a moment!
Peter T 10,117 m
Tombeur 10,628 m
Ron 11,911 m ....yay! A palindrome to complete the Challenge!
Jeff M 13,430 m
Mike C 16,971 m
Thor 17,349 m
David A 18,686 m
Will 20,056 m
BIll L 21,097 m
Ed 33,333 m
Laurie 34,858 m....dumped out the meter piggy bank!
Ken G 49,000 m

[just27]

Around midnight, when trying to download Monday's post trick-or-treat meters, I kept getting error messages that made me think it was time to order a new log card. But, today, we're back in business. I'd hoped it was C2, updating their utilities in the wee hours of the morning, so I can delete some previous workouts. But, darn, "manage stored results" is still "coming soon."

[bg]

Around midnight, when trying to download Monday's post trick-or-treat meters, I kept getting error messages that made me think it was time to order a new log card. But, today, we're back in business. I'd hoped it was C2, updating their utilities in the wee hours of the morning, so I can delete some previous workouts. But, darn, "manage stored results" is still "coming soon."

you're probably haven't gone to bed when i get up to start my day :] hope the glitches are no more :}....and is there a luna-tics snow globe???snow globes are so cool

[Kona2]

And now for another episode of As The Baseball Spins...


The Wrigley Faithful's rendition of Go Cubs Go after the game 5 win was the best ever, most enthusiastic, crowd singing. It is pure joy and I loved it.
http://thebiglead.com/2016/10/31/video- ... cubs-song/


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.15 MM Ed
1.85 MM David A
800 K Minnie
450 K Will S

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

G-l-o-r-i-a 2,222 m ...speaking of singing, she's back! Posting a palindrome!
Jeff M 3,011 m
David T 5,000 m
Katie 5,000 m ....welcome!
Tom M 5,000 m
Will S 5,021 m
Louis 6,000 m
David W 6,475 m
Dan O' 6,638 m
Patrick H 7,179 m
Doug G 7,478 m
AJ 7,615 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Norma 10,101 m...a one aught one aught one palindrome!
David A 10,130 m
Sharon 10,300 m ...welcome!
Janice 10,618 m
Trista 11,686 m
Minnie 20,020 m
Tombeur 20,143 m
bg 22,626 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome!

[normadelaney]

[quote="Kona2"] And now for another episode of As The Baseball Spins...


The Wrigley Faithful's rendition of Go Cubs Go after the game 5 win was the best ever, most enthusiastic, crowd singing. It is pure joy and I loved it.
http://thebiglead.com/2016/10/31/video- ... cubs-song/

YAY--CUBS WIN!!!

[bg]

And now for another episode of As The Baseball Spins...


The Wrigley Faithful's rendition of Go Cubs Go after the game 5 win was the best ever, most enthusiastic, crowd singing. It is pure joy and I loved it.
http://thebiglead.com/2016/10/31/video- ... cubs-song/

YAY--CUBS WIN!!!

wooooooooooo hooooooooooooo and congrats to alll the cubs fans :]

[Kona2]

10 innings can test your faith...congratulations Cubs' fans! The drought is over, and the goats are saved.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.05 MM David T
700 K Ron
700 K AJ
600 K Bill

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

Ian 5,000 m
Bernie 5,017 m
K2 6,789 m...maybe it was erging dyslexia
William H 7,235 m
Sharon 7,500 m
David T 8,000 m
Minnie 9,009 m ....a palindrome! Hula hula.
Bill 9,637 m
Janice 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Tom M 10,000 m
Ron 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
WIll 10,006 m
David A 10,163 m
Kevin 10,740 m
Trista 11,822 m
AJ 13,149 m
bg 14,575 m
danwho 20,202 m ...a two aught two aught two palindrome...almost as rare as a Cubs win...
Ed 33,333 m ....a palindrome!

[danwho]

danwho 20,202 m ...a two aught two aught two palindrome...almost as rare as a Cubs win...

Noted. Added a calendar reminder for 108 years from today. No stones, please.
Hmmm, 108-8-7 might have been a better choice. Ah, hindsight, like K2's adjusted peepers, is 20-20-too.

[Kona2]

Ah...the prospects of another milestone loom LARGE for many! Go get 'em!

And while you are setting your sights on the next BIG thing, circle Sunday, November 6th and get ready to complete the 40-4-40 Challenge! This one off Challenge from Concept2 is designed to have us celebrate Concept2's 40 years in business by rowing or ski-erging 40 minutes on Sunday. It does not have to be a continuous 40 minutes, but rather is cumulative. Whoop, whoop and let's celebrate!

But wait - there IS a big celebration today. Enjoy the parade Chicago!

MILESTONES..Bragging RIghts...Celebrations:

4.2 MM Ed
2.25 MM Thor
600 K Janice
450 K Stu

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

Laurie 3,012 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,013 m
bg 5,016 m
K2 5,155 m
Sharon 5,638 m
Jane 6,116 m ...a palindrome!
Patrick H 7,113 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Janice 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
David A 10,131 m
Stuart 11,311 m ...a palindrome!
Louis 14,340 m
David T 15,000 m
Thor 21,134 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome!

Photobucket is in "site under maintenance" mode. Grrr.

[danwho]

Lest ye fergit... A not-so-cuddly traveler on one of K2's Bunny Trails reminds us that DST ends this weekend. Unless you row in the morning, get ready to row in the dark. (Okay, I know I set Thor up for a zinger.)

[Kona2]

Time to turn back time...(thanks to danwho!)


Appropriately...another episode of Bunny Trails of the Mind.


We're always trying to get more out of our time, or more out of our daylight. Depending upon how close you are to the equator, your seasonal variance in daylight can be pretty extreme. Those summer nights in Alaska are seemingly endless, and the winter daylight there is an eye blink. But today's bunny trail is about ancient clocks. Tick tock tick tock was pre-dated by the sounds of water flowing.

Clepsydra - not a word previously in my vocabulary, and maybe not in yours either, but after today it will be. Clepsydra means water thief (some of you may have guessed that thief would be part of this meaning), and a clepsydra is/was a water clock. These devices measure time either by means of water flowing into, or out of, a container. Like our sands of time, the amount was calibrated to represent a specific amount of time. One reference even suggests that the phrase "don't muddy the water" came from the idea that you didn't want any silt in the water plugging up the hole that the water would flow through on these devices. Here's a two minute oldie style video on water clocks and their place in time-keeping device evolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svHuxxACtv8

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.25 MM Ed
1.15 MM Salvador
750 K bg
450 K Rick C

Thanks, everyone, for rowing, and ski-erging with us - whatever timezone you're in!


Steve W 2,000 m
Dan O' 4,217 m
Patrick H 4,544 m
Sharon 4,565 m
Bernie 5,020 m
Rick 6,041 m
Janice 6,618 m
K2 7,016 m
Howard 7,182 m
Jane 8,558 m ...a palindrome of high fives and special 8s
Mike C 10,000 m
Thor 11,217 m
David A 11,481 m
Will 12,584 m
bg 15,351 m ...an unexpected (but welcome) palindrome!
Tombeur 16,923 m
Salvador 27,595 m
Ed 42,195 m ....he moons us!