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

[Kona2]

62 Lunies putting us into spot16 on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.15 MM Ron
450 K Ted
300 K Benjamin
300 K Pat E
100 K Victor

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Welcome back Terry M !

Jeff M 2,014 m
Jason 2,240 m
Frank 3,129 m
Stefan 3,157 m
Brickman 3,917 m
Jodi 4,651 m
Larry 5,000 m
Rod 5,036 m
Danny 5,087 m
Maria 5,239 m
Terry M 5,707 m
Brent 6,585 m
Paul 7,500 m
Dan O' 8,252 m
Victor 9,750 m
Lola m..a one of a kind palindrome!
Angelo 10,000 m
Eric 10,020 m
Josh 10,065 m
Steve W 11,000 m
Ted 11,001 m
Judy 11,124 m
Ron 12,098 m
danwho 17,171 m...a palindrome!
Ed 20,002 m...a palindrome!
Gary 21,097 m...half marathon! Mooner!
Pat E 21,097 m...half marathon! Mooner!!
Benjamin m .....a doozie of a twosie...palindrome and a mooner!
Ron M 41,004 m...mooner!

[sycomosh]

My recent experience with updating firmware: It is a little tricky, but very possible, to update firmware with a flash drive. It does cost you a brand new set of D batteries, because you have to have greater than 85 percent battery life to do it. (This was something I learned from the Concept2 people.) You have to be ready to start the upload as soon as you plug in the drive - because that was the only time it was reading the drive. Once you've got the yellow go light, it is a very quick process. But you will have donated to the swear jar already by then.

Thanks Benjamin and Lola for bringing up some answers - I would bet that many teammates have had similar questions. We learn through the stories we tell !

So it's funny you say that because when I first stuck the usb stick in there... Nothin.. battery was too low so ran to walgreens and put some new ones in. Then when I would insert usb, it would attempt to do it, throw a bunch of jibberish on the screen and throw an error code of some sort. Of course I went to go get batteries for it and it didnt work anyway - so remembered the cable method and was like oh yeah and then no problems

regardless cable is definitely the better route - especially if you have a laptop because moving the erg to your computer or computer to your erg can be... interesting

[Kona2]

63 Lunies putting us into spot15 on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard!

We're almost to the time where we cannot add any members to the Challenge team...so if you're thinking about it, it's time to jump on !


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.4 MM Chip
1.05 MM Minnie
750 K danwho
600 K Judy
500 K K2...a cool half million!
300 K Frank
250 K Lola
150 K Josh

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jeff M 2,006 m
Maria 2,592 m
JD 2,765 m
Larry 4,000 m
Peter E 5,000 m
Ken P 5,011 m
Ross 5,383 m
John Y 6,510 m
Rod 7,530 m
Ron W 9,904 m
Pat E 10,000 m
Josh 10,046 m
K2 10,101 m...a one aught palindrome!
Trevor 10,380 m
Judy 10,434 m
Brent 10,710 m
Ted 11,011 m...a palindrome! And a double aught double!
danwho 11,111 m...a palindrome!
Lola 11,311 m...a palindrome!
Frank 13,374 m
Minnie 14,453 m
Ed 15,000 m
Chip 89,583 m...mega! Mooner!

[Kona2]

64 Lunies putting us into spot 15 on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard! Thank you Challenge Team - great effort!

Some months life seems to be on blurrrrr speed! But. Winter is coming (and that will be different??!)!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.45 MM Chip
3.4 MM Wild Bill
2.2 MM Ron
850 K Ed
500 K Robert H..a cool half million!
300 K Lynne
150 K Ross
50 K Paul

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jason 351 m
Jeff M 1,008 m
David W 1,500 m
JD 2,711 m
Kevin 4,251 m
Larry 5,000 m
Nathan 5,000 m
Maria 5,162 m
Gines 6,388 m
John 7,013 m
Terry M 7,259 m
Stefan 8,961 m
Robert H 9,000 m
Gary 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Eric 10,019 m
Tombeur 10,189 m
Ross 10,788 m
Frank 10,793 m
Victor 11,516 m
Paul M 12,000 m
Norma 12,121 m...a Welkian palindrome!
Pat E 14,000 m
Steve W 14,000 m
David A 14,234 m
Josh 15,000 m
Lynne 17,637 m
Brent 19,313 m
Peter E 19,638 m
Judy 20,568 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Benjamin 21,097 m...half marathon!
Ted 22,201 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 28,882 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Ed 30,000 m...mooner!
Minnie 31,009 m...mooner!
Rod 32,045 m...mooner!
Ron 40,804 m...mega mooner!
Chip 46,257 m...mega mooner!

[Kona2]

65 Lunies putting us into spot 16 on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard! Thank you Challenge Team - great effort!

The teams are set in the Fall Challenge...no more can be added to any team. The last two weeks! That's when the real Challenge gets underway!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.45 MM Wild Bill
1.6 MM Tombeur
1.1 MM Minnie
650 K Peter E
350 K Rod

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Scott 2,027 m
Frank 2,090 m
William Ch 2,559 m
Louie 4,000 m
Jeff M 4,019 m
William H 5,000 m
Larry 6,000 m
Lynne 6,516 m
Steve W 9,500 m
Gary 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Ted 11,110 m
Paul 11,500 m
Stefan 11,638 m
Judy 12,121 m...a palindrome!
Norma 12,121 m...Mrs P is baaaack! Another palindrome!
Minnie 15,075 m...must've been a good movie!
Peter E 16,051 m
Rich 19,496 m
Angelo 20,000 m
Gene 20,361 m
Pat E 21,097 m...a half marathon! Rock on!

David A 21,128 m...mooner!
Tombeur 21,632 m...mooner!
Terry M 23,164 m...mooner!
Ed 30,000 m...mooner!
Rod 32,363 m...mooner!
Ron 43,124 m...mega mooner!
Wild Bill 48,884 m...a palindrome and a mega mooner!

[normadelaney]

62 Lunies putting us into spot16 on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard!

So far, it's 55 Lunies putting us into spot16 on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard!

[Kona2]

65 Lunies putting us into spot 17 on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard! Thank you! We're still working on getting 100 percent participation from those who have signed on!

Fun day today with the Beti Bike Bash - a series of mountain bike races just for women. Naturally, whole families were there to cheer on categories like New Moms, Never Evers, Beginners. My favorites though were the side races that they had for what I call the minis. Kids so small that many were on Strider bikes that don't have pedals! The competitiveness and determination starts ever so early, and parents were racing alongside their respective minis with cameras as they captured "first race ever!"



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

45 MM Lunie Team Meters
6.5 MM Chip
3.5 MM Wild Bill
2.25 MM Ron
1.1 MM Rich
950 K Brent
900 K Ed
900 K Norma
650 K Judy
500 K Ted...a cool half million!
350 K Pat E


Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Louis 2,000 m
Jeff M 2,011 m
JD 2,588 m
Frank 3,363 m
Kevin 4,409 m
Angelo 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Steve W 5,398 m
Maria 5,431 m
David W 6,252 m
Lynne 6,280 m
John Y 7,013 m
Brent 8,674 m
Ken 10,000 m
Ron 10,040 m
Ted 11,111 m...a one of a kind palindrome!
Eric 11,858 m
Pat E 12,000 m
Judy 12,121 m...a Welkian palindrome! A one and a two and a one and a two...
Tombeur 12,750 m
Terry M 13,048 m
Norma 13,531 m...a palindrome!
Minnie 14,060 m
danwho 14,141 m...a palindrome!
Ed 15,000 m
Josh 15,075 m
Lola 15,251 m...a palindrome!
Ron 21,812 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 24,442 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Rich 33,233 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Chip 47,883 m...mooner!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and it's ANOTHER million meters! Congratulations, David A, on achieving a TWO million meter erging season...with lots of time left for a few more this season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!!

[Kona2]

Big day in whoop, whoopland! We have ANOTHER meter millionaire! Congratulations, Angelo, on earning a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more millions and celebrations!

[Kona2]

And it's ANOTHER! Whoop, WHOOP, and way to get it done! Congratulations, Steve W, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

65 Lunies putting us into spot 15 ! on the Fall Team Challenge leaderboard! Thank you! We're still working on getting 100 percent participation from those who have signed on!

Hooboy! Very unusual to start the day with thunder, lightning and pouring rain in Tucson! Tucson is a high lightning strike density area - before I knew how lightning travels, used to sit on the porch and watch the light show. Know better now (mostly). No matter where you are in this world, when a storm comes in, the other colors are always so vivid !


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.55 MM Chip
2 MM David A
1.05 MM Ken G
1 MM Angelo
1 MM Steve W
700 K Ron W
350 K Dennis
350 K Gary
250 K John Y
100 K Chris H
50 K Terry M

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Welcome back Thomas T !

Wim 516 m
GMan 1,054 m
Patrick Hmr 1,192 m
David W 2,000 m
Louie 2,000 m
Thomas T 2,013 m
JD 2,020 m
Kevin 3,394 m
Jason 3,764 m
Chris H 4,099 m
Dan O' 4,150 m
Jeff M 4,224 m...a palindrome!
Nathan 5,000 m
Patrick S 5,000 m
Lynne 5,053 m
Maria 5,172 m
Frank 5,449 m
Stefan 5,608 m
John 6,996 m...a palindrome!
Angelo 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Gary 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Steve W 10,001 m...a palindrome!
Ron W 10,030 m
Minnie 10,045 m
Adam 11,000 m
Ted 11,110 m
danwho 11,111 m...a one of a kind palindrome!
Norma 11,111 m...okay, a two of a one of a kind palindrome...ditto...
Judy 12,394 m
Terry M 13,127 m
Rich 14,617 m
Ed 15,000 m
Josh 15,083 m
Peter E 16,853 m
Brent 18,079 m
Lola 21,112 m...a reverse Welkian palindrome...a two and a one ... and a mooner!
Ron 21,212 m...a different reverse Welkian! And a mooner!
Robert H 22,000 m...mooner!
Chip 23,423 m...mooner!
Tombeur 23,869 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 24,442 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
David Q 35,432 m...mooner! And king of the boat!

GREAT REPORT OUT BY ALL !

[Kona2]

And it's ANOTHER! Whoop, WHOOP, and way to get it done! Congratulations, Steve W, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

Forgot to mention that Steve W landed on his EXACTLY ONE MILLION METERS with a palindrome...there was planning involved in this milestone! Good work!

[Kona2]

65 Lunie Fall Challenge Team Members on the roster...doing great....keep erging! We were bounced out of spot 15 by less than 500 meters! Sitting in spot 16 now.

Bunny Trails of the Mind...another episode!

The author had me at "farm to spaceship." It's been awhile since we've headed down a bunny trail. These things just happen. This trail started with an article in the Colorado Sun, an online newspaper, early today. Many of our Colorado mountain towns are populated with creative types who just want to have a business that allows them to stay in the region they love to hike, bike, and river in - where they can earn enough to get through the non-tourist times. A young couple, avid backpackers, were seeking a way to create an instant coffee that was actually good so that they wouldn't have to carry their French press coffee maker on backpacking trips where space and weight were premium. Flash forward a few years, and success has occurred. They've had to overcome the bad press (groan)/reputation that the category of instant coffee has received. With product names like Dawn Patrol, First Ascent has product in a lot of mountain town and bike shops along the Front Range....and now, NASA has ordered some Dawn Patrol for one of its astronauts who enjoyed this coffee while on a backpacking trip in Colorado. While the astronaut isn't named, deduction says that it is the only female Native American astronaut, and she's leading the mission to the International Space Station...today.

So where did the Farm To Spaceship bit first come in? The coffee roaster equipment had a visible Farm to Spaceship sticker on it. Oddly enough, this came from a series of Pandemic events where the usual Farm to Table event had to get a little more creative. Looking for a way to help agriculture and artists, Brian Corrigan came up with farm to a galaxy far, far away. The central experiential theme was Farm to Spaceship: An Artist-Driven Takeout Dinner Experience. People would order a takeout dinner where the special ingredient was water from Mars. It was both a dinner and a digital storyline where an unidentified transport company would drop off dinner ingredients and secret recipes to enhance the takeout dinner scene. And, presumably, a sticker that said Farm to Spaceship.

And there you have it - check in on the International Space Station. It has a new brew.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.3 MM Ron
500 K Eric ...a cool half million!
300 K Lola

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Titus 1,023 m
Jeff M 2,012 m
Tom R 2,511 m
Rod 3,533 m
JD 4,012 m
Larry 4,039 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Gines 6,434 m
Danny 6,977 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Eric 10,101 m...a one aught one palindrome!
Minnie 10,576 m
David A 10,865 m
Ted 11,101 m
Brent 11,519 m
Judy 11,546 m
Pat E 12,500 m
Trevor 13,069 m
Frank 13,990 m
Ed 15,000 m
Kevin 17,318 m
Lola 18,881 m...a palindrome!
Ron m...my favorite palindrome and a mooner! And king of the boat! The lone mooner rows again!

[Kona2]

65 Lunie Fall Challenge Team Members on the roster...doing great....keep erging! Sitting in spot 15 now.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.7 MM Chip
1.65 MM Tombeur
950 K Ed
200 K Josh
100 K Jeff M

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Donna 835 m
GMan 1,043 m
Trevor 1,392 m
Jason 1,786 m
Mary O 1,840 m
Louie 2,000 m
Frank 2,096 m
Jeff M 2,113 m
Lynne 3,537 m
Brickman 3,908 m
Kiara 4,010 m
Larry 5,000 m
Nathan 5,000 m
Patrick S 5,337 m
Adam 7,000 m
Steve W 7,222 m
David W 8,000 m
Judy 8,216 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Peter E 10,000 m
Brent 10,886 m
Ted 11,100 m
Pat E 11,192 m
Josh 11,537 m
Tombeur 12,026 m
Dennis 18,431 m
Ron 22,822 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Chip 137,888 m...whew. Lotta meters! Supernova!

[Kona2]

65 Lunie Fall Challenge Team Members on the roster...doing great....keep erging! Sitting in spot 15 now....DITTO !!

When you work in a plant operations role, it often seems that bad things happen on Fridays. And traffic is at its most dangerous on Friday afternoons. May your Friday go smoooothly, and you finish every ride/drive/walk without incident!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.35 MM Ron
2.05 MM David A
1.15 MM Minnie
550 K Ted
400 K Pat E
300 K Adam O
50 K Steve L

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jeff M 2,007 m
Jodi 2,012 m
JD 2,014 m
Steve W m..a one of a kind palindrome!
Frank 3,117 m
Terry M 4,063 m
Steve L 5,000 m
Maria 5,384 m
Patrick S 5,523 m
John Y 7,119 m
Adam 8,000 m
Rod 8,605 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Lynne 10,000 m
Lola 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Dennis 10,355 m
Norma m...a one of a kind palindrome!
Wild Bill 12,221 m...a onesie twosie palindrome!
Ed 15,000 m
Pat E 15,830 m
Minnie 15,938 m
Tombeur 17,317 m
David A 17,706 m
Ron 21,613 m...mooner!
Chip 28,064 m...mooner!