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

[Kona2]

K2, I messed up the affiliation when I thought I was doing the Military Challenge.

I'm back now. Thanks for the heads-up.

If you want to participate in the Military Challenge, you have to change to the affiliation that matches the service branch you want to represent. I forgot that participants had to do that - and we're certainly supportive of anyone participating in that challenge. At the end of February, you just switch your affiliation back to the Lunies!

[HowardL]

That's what I thought too, but if you go to your Profile, one of the listings is for "Military Challenge". You can select
the service branch without changing your team affiliation. So I'm still affiliated with the "Luna-Tics" but also rowing for
the "U.S. Army Veterans". It carried over from last year, so I really didn't need to do anything. Duh.

[spieg]

Woohoo! Bathtub brigade!

Thanks for the image!

[danwho]

A moment in the life of Australian rower, Bobby Pearce, played out in an Alibaba commercial (1928 Olympics):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgs60vPGZnw

[tobyj1]

Was out of contact at the end of the month but thanks for the caricature complete with "go fast" buzz cut and spectacles .

I admire the ability to do this on screen, I can't even properly increase font size!!

Keith

[Kona2]

Not sure how to go about deployment?

Just like real life military deployment, stepping away from your team to participate in the Military Challenge often caused some major angst in the past - both for the individual and for the team! So Concept2 has improved how this works (and the presence of Skype and other tools has made the real life stuff a little bit easier, too). If you are eligible to participate in the Military Challenge by serving in a branch of the military currently or in your past, go to your logbook. (Actually, I think you should give this a try anyway -
just to see how it works!) Click on your photo or the graphic representing the virtual you. You'll see an opportunity to edit profile. Down the left side of the edit profile, scroll down to near the bottom of the selections, and you'll see Military Challenge. Click on this to select the branch of the service you want your meters to go towards. And exit out of the edit profile in your logbook. Just like that and you're signed up for your military service affiliation in tandem with your team affiliation. Thanks to Howard L and Tombeur for the clarification on the changes made by Concept2. I like to think that the constant lobbying for team members NOT to have to leave their year-round affiliation to participate helped make this change more affiliation friendly. It's all part of the refreshing and redesign on the Concept2 logbook - which has been awesome!

Another episode....bunny trails of the mind


Jesse the cat had a follow up visit to the vet after having a dental procedure. Stuffing this big cat into his carrier is fraught with opportunity to swear, but on the day of the visit he was surprisingly agreeable to just walking into the carrier. I know. Shocker. Busy day at the vets, so there were a lot of people in the waiting area with their pets. Naturally, NATURALLY!, I talked with several while we were waiting. One gal came in with a Westie, and thinking it was a young dog, I asked how old he was. She said 8, and went on to share that she didn't know how she would have made it through the multiple deployments her husband served (to Afghanistan and other areas) without that Westie. Her husband's service requirement was ending in just a few days, and she said she looked forward to much less stress...because the uncertainty created with knowing that deployment could happen at any time was stressful. Our pets play lots of roles in our lives! And it was sure a reminder to me to check in more frequently with my own military service family members...

As for Jesse and the dental work, sometimes the cartoonists produce just the right thing on a day you need it:



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.95 MM Dan O'
1.85 MM Keith
1.8 MM Norma
1.05 MM Stuart
650 K Ted
550 K Jonathan
250 K Nathan
200 K Tony
200 K Jeff D
64,246 m Michael O with a yearly total palindrome!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Terry M 1,900 m
Patrick S 2,133 m
Larry 2,508 m
Chris H 2,575 m
Michael O' 2,730 m
Tom M 3,500 m
David T 5,000 m
Kevin 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Tim G 5,271 m
Chuck E 6,000 m
Rick 6,224 m
Jeff D 6,365 m
John D 6,574 m
Melissa 7,000 m
Andrea 7,191 m
Dana 7,954 m
Louis 8,000 m
Tombeur 10,134 m
Nathan 10,520 m
Steve W 10,556 m
danwho 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
m ...a palindrome of the first kind! Exponential !
Jonathan 11,528 m
Ron 12,421 m ...a palindrome!
Dan O' 15,217 m
Stuart 16,161 m ...a palindrome!
Ted 17,000 m
Keith 21,097 m ... he moons us! And introduces some odd numbers into his 000 sequences...
Kellee 22,000 m ...she moons us!
bg 22,869 m ...she moons us!
Ed m ...he moons us with a palindrome!

[Kona2]

A moment in the life of Australian rower, Bobby Pearce, played out in an Alibaba commercial (1928 Olympics):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgs60vPGZnw

Share worthy for sure! Thanks!

[bg]

A moment in the life of Australian rower, Bobby Pearce, played out in an Alibaba commercial (1928 Olympics):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgs60vPGZnw

Share worthy for sure! Thanks!

thanks from me too :]

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and way to grab another brass ring on the galactic ride! Congratulations, bg, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more...but want the Eagles to beat the Pats....hahaha

[Thor MW]

Our very own Janice is racing tomorrow at the regatta in Mississauga which is basically Toronto at the Hershey center. We are leaving shortly and going to spend the night so we can be there in lots of time for Janice’s race at 9 AM. I will not be competing his time as I am still on the injured list. The shoulder is improving and I hope to be more active next week. We will likely be out of touch until after we return on the morrow.
I will be tapping my white cane to keep Jan’s rhythm on track. Hmm, maybe.

Keep on rock’n.

[Kona2]

Valentine Challenge: coming to an erg near you soon...

February 9–14
Join in the Valentine Challenge fun!

The Details
The goal is to get a total of 14,000 meters between February 09 and midnight on Valentine's Day, February 14.
Note: BikeErg meters are counted as half when applied to the challenge.
This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.) But it helps a lot...
Meters must be entered online.
Indoor rower, SkiErg and BikeErg meters only (no on water/on snow meters please). You can combine meters from each machine to reach 14,000 meters.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.3 MM Ed
2.0 MM bg
500 K William H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Janice 3,013 m
Doug 3,176 m
Tom M 3,500 m
Kevin 5,000 m
Patrick S 5,500 m ...a double double!
ATX33 6,012 m
Rick 6,241 m
Andrea 6,588 m
John D 6,784 m
Keith 6,903 m ...and there it is! Rounding right up to the 000's...!
William H 7,225 m
Todd 7,303 m
Dan O' 7,612 m
Jeff D 9,180 m
Gary 10,000 m
Greg H 10,002 m
Jeff B 10,077 m
Larry 10,077 m
Tombeur 10,254 m
Ian 10,714 m
Norma 11,211 m ...a palindrome!
David T 12,000 m
Roy 12,000 m
Howard 12,242 m
Tim M 12,467 m
Ron 12,521 m ... a palindrome!
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
bg 14,466 m !
Stuart 17,171 m ...a palindrome!
AJ 17,296 m
Jonathan 18,553 m
Ed 43,333 m ...he moons us!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop, and way to grab another brass ring on the galactic ride! Congratulations, bg, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more...but want the Eagles to beat the Pats....hahaha

thanks but......gooooooooooooooooooooo pats!!!!!!!!

[danwho]

Our very own Janice is racing tomorrow at the regatta in Mississauga which is basically Toronto at the Hershey center. We are leaving shortly and going to spend the night so we can be there in lots of time for Janice’s race at 9 AM. I will not be competing his time as I am still on the injured list. The shoulder is improving and I hope to be more active next week. We will likely be out of touch until after we return on the morrow.
I will be tapping my white cane to keep Jan’s rhythm on track. Hmm, maybe.

Keep on rock’n.

Best of luck, Janice. I'll try tapping my foot in synch with Thor. But I could use a little heads up, are we going more Foghat's Slow Ride or AC/DC's Thunderstruck?

[Thor MW]

Our very own Janice is racing tomorrow at the regatta in Mississauga which is basically Toronto at the Hershey center. We are leaving shortly and going to spend the night so we can be there in lots of time for Janice’s race at 9 AM. I will not be competing his time as I am still on the injured list. The shoulder is improving and I hope to be more active next week. We will likely be out of touch until after we return on the morrow.
I will be tapping my white cane to keep Jan’s rhythm on track. Hmm, maybe.

Keep on rock’n.

Best of luck, Janice. I'll try tapping my foot in synch with Thor. But I could use a little heads up, are we going more Foghat's Slow Ride or AC/DC's Thunderstruck?

Hope this works. I finally was able to log in on the phone.
Well Dan, what do we call a song that changes rhythm often? Leading ultimately to the gasping fish.

[danwho]

Our very own Janice is racing tomorrow at the regatta in Mississauga which is basically Toronto at the Hershey center. We are leaving shortly and going to spend the night so we can be there in lots of time for Janice’s race at 9 AM. I will not be competing his time as I am still on the injured list. The shoulder is improving and I hope to be more active next week. We will likely be out of touch until after we return on the morrow.
I will be tapping my white cane to keep Jan’s rhythm on track. Hmm, maybe.

Keep on rock’n.

Best of luck, Janice. I'll try tapping my foot in synch with Thor. But I could use a little heads up, are we going more Foghat's Slow Ride or AC/DC's Thunderstruck?

Hope this works. I finally was able to log in on the phone.
Well Dan, what do we call a song that changes rhythm often? Leading ultimately to the gasping fish.

Hmmm, maybe Time Warp fits the bill. It's just a jump to the left.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkplPbd2f60