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

[Steve W]

Whoop, whoop and whoa...we almost missed this one! Congratulations, Steve W, on achieving NINE million lifetime meters! We wish you many, MANY more celebrations and adventures!

Thanks much, K2 You're the best!

[normadelaney]

Happy Birthday, K2!! Hope you have a great day.

[Kona2]

Happy Birthday, K2!! Hope you have a great day.

Thank you for the birthday wishes! It will be a day of friends and family...and some golf! Somewhere in there, I plan to get 6666 birthday meters completed - because birthday meters are the best!

[Kona2]

Great use of a hay roll (I call them triscuits)...

Deer, although they have always looked kind of smaller to me, are not all that small. In fact, they seem bigger than a bicycle. Barr Lake State Park is known for birding with lots of pelicans (LOTS of pelicans), eagles, osprey, herons and egrets that you can see from multiple observation points. Seemed like a great opportunity...especially when the descriptor said there was a 9 mile bike path around the lake. Good stuff. Loaded the bike onto the hitch carrier (best thing ever to not have to lift a mountain bike to the roof of the vehicle!), and off I went. There were a lot of things rustling in the trees and brush at this park, and there were a lot of goathead thorns to avoid. I was focused more on watching where I was riding at different points of the journey around the lake. So much so that I totally did not expect Bambi's mom to sproing out of the brush right in front of me, bounce along the path for 40 yards or so, and plunge back into a meadow. It was one of the coolest moments I've had riding a bike...and if wildlife has to pop out of the brush in front of you when you're on a bike, I'm so glad it was a deer and not something with bigger teeth, fangs, claws and a bad temper.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

300 K Jason

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

David T 2,500 m
Jonathan 5,000 m
Patrick H 5,000 m
Jason 5,038 m
bg 5,142 m
danwho m ...a palindrome high five!
Bernie 6,027 m
Melissa 10,948 m
Louis 12,148 m
Matthew 12,335 m
Minnie 18,237 m

[just27]

Happy Birthday, K2!! Hope you have a great day.

Happy birthday, Astrogator!
Wishing you many more glorious and wonderful years on the surface of the earth ...
... or wherever on the Luna trip that you happen to be!

(Facebook didn't remind me! Thanks, Shaun, for keeping track of the date.)

[Kona2]

Welcome new team member Nancy C ! Wishing you much good camaraderie and many good erging sessions!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

900 K Minnie
600 K Louis
500 K Stuart
150 K Liz
100 K Nancy
50 K Carol

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Melissa 3,193 m
Ross 4,944 m
Carol 5,000 m
david w 5,000 m
Kevin 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
David T 5,500 m ...a double double!
Bernie 8,073 m
Liz 8,725 m
Dan O' 9,356 m
Stuart 10,000 m
Louis 12,000 m
Dennis 13,431 m .... a palindrome!
Minnie 18,092 m
Salvador 19,852 m
Nancy 124,869 m ...welcome to the lunar journey!

[Kona2]

The blinking lights...things you may never see on your PM monitor....

Back of PM5 monitor

Box frame assembly of bike erg ...near the flywheel...

Another episode....bunny trails of the mind

Back in a far away day, my dad had a very fancy stereo system. He put a small brass sign near the control panel that said something like this:

Das maschine ist nicht fur der gefingerpoken und mittengraben! Oderwise ist easy to schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken.

While the signage was humorous, he got his message across: Don't mess with it. Fast forward into today's world when we're encouraged to pay attention to all the little indicator or status lights for our computers, vehicles, etc. And so it was with some delight and an air of throwback mystery that yesterday's bike erg session (I am so used to saying bike ride...but it isn't) produced a new finding...there's a blinking green light on the erg box frame once you get the flywheel spinning. Ha! I couldn't find anything in the manual that talked about what that green light was representing. Similar lights on a vacuum cleaner show that the belt is on and things are working. When in doubt, call Concept2.

I talked with Will at Concept2 this AM, and he says guess what...there's an indicator light on the back of the PM5 too, and you never see it. Like the stoplight systems we use, green means things are working and you know about amber and red. The enginerds put the status lights there to guide our diagnostic ways. Naturally, I will be figuring out how to get a mirror into position so I can see that indicator light power up when I fire up the ergs. Naturally. Because I am curious by nature and attribute. So. You, too, have indicator lights on your performance monitors...and maybe you noticed already...

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

950 K David A
500 K Danno ...a cool half million!
250 K Rebecca
200 K Dennis
200 K David W
150 K William H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Rebecca 3,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,011 m
Jason 5,113 m
Ross 5,853 m
Tom M 6,003 m
Steve W 6,211 m
K2 m ...a birthday palindrome!
David T 7,000 m
david w 7,596 m
Patrick S 9,019 m
David W 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Derric 10,000 m
Jonathan 11,352 m
Patrick H 12,000 m
Ian 12,430 m
Stuart 17,000 m
David A 18,277 m
Minnie 19,118 m
Danno 19,574 m

Whoa. On a lone palindrome day, I feel like I am carrying the palindrome torch! Snort. Have a good erging day and watch the blinkin' lights.

[Kona2]

Well rats - I put the wrong photo for the box frame indicator light...my bad.

[Kona2]

Monsoons....uff da. Where's an ocean breeze when you need one?! Great time of year to get some indoor erging done! (Wait....ALL year is a great time to do that!)

Starts a week from today!

It's a triple! Welcome back to Kellee, E V, and Andre! The stars were aligned for a return to the Lunie roster!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

150 K Jonathan
100 K Ross
100 K Todd
50 K Kellee

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

bg 2,211 m ...a double double!
K2 m ....a palindrome!
David T 3,500 m
Tom M 3,500 m
Melissa 4,071 m
Tom R 4,295 m
Ross 4,681 m
E V 4,823 m ... welcome back!
Nancy 5,000 m
Patrick H 5,000 m
Andre 6,989 m ... welcome back!
Jonathan 7,136 m
Jason 7,302 m
Jeff M 7,537 m
Steve W 9,053 m
Danno 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Todd 10,858 m
m ....a singular palindrome from our top sheep!
danwho 11,811 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
Matthew 12,106 m
Ron 16,861 m ...a palindrome ....hooboy! That ONE million meter milestone is getting closer!
Minnie 19,236 m
Louis 22,362 m...he moons us!
Kellee 51,858 m ...welcome back!

[just27]

Monsoons....uff da. Where's an ocean breeze when you need one?! Great time of year to get some indoor erging done! (Wait....ALL year is a great time to do that!)

Ah, yes, those elusive Denver ocean breezes! Wait, what?

I just had two glasses of iced cold brew coffee. (A new project ... cold brew coffee.)
I should probably do today's rowing RIGHT NOW. Major caffeine rush!

[normadelaney]

Monsoons....uff da. Where's an ocean breeze when you need one?! Great time of year to get some indoor erging done! (Wait....ALL year is a great time to do that!)

Ah, yes, those elusive Denver ocean breezes! Wait, what?

I just had two glasses of iced cold brew coffee. (A new project ... cold brew coffee.)
I should probably do today's rowing RIGHT NOW. Major caffeine rush!

Good idea! Then you'll be done before prosecco time.

[Toothdoc]

K2
Haven't been on the computer for a few days, so I hope you will accept belated birthday wishes from the tardy one.

danno

[just27]

K2
Haven't been on the computer for a few days, so I hope you will accept belated birthday wishes from the tardy one.

Danno, you need a bikeErg ... you know you do!

[Toothdoc]

I am thinking about

[Kona2]

I havent been on the computer either...and do know that you have a July birthday as well. Happy happy to you!