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

[Kona2]

15th out of 581 teams!!

Thanks to all our Lunie Challenge Team members for keeping us in the hunt! 59 Lunies on the roster! Chip and Norma leading the meter deposits!


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

10.4 MM Chip
2.2 MM Norma
1.8 MM Ken
400 K Derric

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Ron W 954 m
Steve D 1,000 m
William C 1,000 m
Sharon 3,011 m
starbuck 3,333 m...a palindrome!
Dennis 3,431 m
Adam 5,000 m
John 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Judy 6,548 m
Anya 6,586 m
Andrea 7,777 m...a lucky 7 palindrome!
Dan O' 7,800 m
Derric 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Vanessa 15,000
K2 15,621 m
danwho 17,171 m...a palindrome!
David A 17,818 m
Brett 18,032 m
Minnie 20,016 m
Norma 22,222 m...my favorite palindrome! Mooner!
Chip 56,236 m...mooner!

[just27]

As far as will bike meterage surpass the rowing machine... I've actually thought about this...and know that there are some things, like numerical equity, that matter to me .... so, when I calculate that I have 10 MM bike meters - that means I have 5 MM towards an orbital total! My total meters would be 16.5 MM plus 5 MM for the 21.5 towards half an orbit. Concept2 lumps all the bike meters into the lifetime meters as a 1 to 1. I disagree with that approach. If we are taking the time to pound bike ergers over the head time and time again that during Challenges our total meters must be doubled to be counted, then why wouldn't we believe that the total meters should similarly be counted?! Yes, I will happily take the 10 MM bike erg prize, knowing that it is being given at 5 MM overall...but that's different than what I see is kind of an integrity issue. I'm sure Concept2 has logic on this, but it eludes me.

I think this is K2's post, not David's ... but, I agree with them, both ...

... the bike meters should register half, for everyday logging, as with challenge meters. When I first got the bike erg, I halved the meters I'd biked, then entered them by hand. I did that for about three months, before it got to be a chore! Bike meters accumulate much faster than rower meters, so, there is an advantage to earning 1:1, bike:rower.

[danwho]

... but, the latest "atmospheric river" storm to blast through California, took out our power from 8:00 pm on NYE, till lunch the next day. It started getting chilly after a couple of hours, so everyone went to bed early, to keep warm.

So... Dancing In The Dark ... maybe next "atmospheric river", but we can definitely do Champagne in the Dark.

And I also wish BikeErg meters could be more compatible with other erg meters.

[Kona2]

15th!

Chip, Norma and Ron are blazing some meter trails in the Challenge! Each has reached 100K ! Great that Concept2 has tied the participation potential of two concurrent Challenges...tapping into both markets to get a two-fer! Thank you to the 62 Lunies helping us get to 15th (out of 604 teams) !


Another Episode....Bunny Trails of the Mind! (we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming)

danwho reminded me that the upcoming Chinese New Year is the Year of the Rabbit, and suggested that this might bring forth more Bunny Trails. The rabbit is known as the luckiest animal of the zodiac - which then started me thinking about the use of the rabbit's foot "charm". Not so lucky for the rabbits...but there is quite a history involving witches, fertility, luck and money perceptions. Chances are that you might have even had one of these lucky charms as a kid. The stories of how communities pursued those they thought of as witches are truly scary. But I digress. This episode is about your community and its public libraries. How's that for a mental leap?

Back in Alaska days (or more likely Alaska darknesses that are true for this time of year), the base library saved me when I was 9 and 10. There wasn't a lot of television reception, and none of us in the US had 24 hr tv. We had test patterns. When you're a military brat, you move a lot, you leave friends and family, and you're plunked down in a new school often in the middle of the school year. You do learn resilience, and how to adapt. But it is still hard. I'm pretty sure I read almost every book in the youth section of the base libary. I'd take my sled down to the library, get a pile of books, and repeat this a couple of times a week. The librarian worried that I didn't like the books, and asked my parents about this. No, she reads them all. Under the covers with a flashlight sometimes too. So libraries have always been important in my world.

Fast forward to more recent history, and many of the libraries are faced with fewer staff, fewer resources, and an entirely different way of getting information, sharing information, and interacting with users. But people still want to go to the library in person. Our county administrators decided to reduce the availability of the libraries a few years ago, and residents were so upset that Friends of the Library came into being here and pretty soon there was a mill levy just for the libraries. And with that money, wow! Things are truly changing.

I've used the study rooms for meetings at local libraries for years. When I walked into a local library yesterday for a meeting, I was amazed. The layout of groups of sound blocking modules where people could chat quietly has replaced the rows of tables and chairs. (You're starting to see this modular approach in the modernized airports, too.) The library, important in so many communities, is truly a community hub. No librarians or patrons saying "QUIET please." If you haven't been to your local library lately, do put it on your list of 2023 activities. It's good to see what the staff recommends for reading, and see the large amount of digital media that you can borrow! Might find some NEW listens to accompany those erging hours!!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.45 MM Wild Bill
2.45 MM Tombeur
1.4 MM danwho
1.3 MM Gary
850 K Patrick Hmr
550 K Vanessa

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Steve D 1,000 m
Jeff M 1,250 m
David T 2,000 m
Sharon 2,017 m
Jim 2,022 m
GMan 2,034 m
Briana 2,206 m
Jason 2,253 m
Pat E 3,000 m
Brickman 3,003 m...a palindrome!
Paul 3,250 m
starbuck 4,444 m...a palindrome !
Dan O' 4,761 m
Gene 4,772 m
Steve W 4,799 m
Carol 5,021 m
Dennis 5,048 m
Rick 5,563 m
Judy 6,568 m
Jeff F 6,985 m
Sorin 7,000 m
Brett 8,455 m
Jeff D 8,675 m
Eric 9,229 m...a palindrome!
Bill K 10,000 m
Derric 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Anya 10,017 m
Scott 10,032 m
Andrea 10,101 m...a palindrome!
Patrick S 10,520 m
Howard 11,210 m
Patrick Hmr 13,070 m
David A 14,240 m
Minnie 14,976 m
Vanessa 15,000 m
Tombeur 16,013 m
Thor 16,429 m
Stuart 17,030 m
danwho 17,171 m...a palindrome!
Norma 19,991 m...a palindrome!
Brent 20,383 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron 20,402 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Gary 21,097 m...a half marathon! Mooner!
Rich 21,224 m...mooner!
Cornel 21,281 m...mooner!
Chip 34,831 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 40,004 m...a palindrome and a mooner! KOTB today!

[Kona2]

17th!

Our rankings will for sure flip flop as erging hours begin and end in Europe...at least I think that's what is happening!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.5 MM WIld Bill
3.85 MM Ron
2.2 MM Rich
1.75 MM Steve W
1.55 MM Thor
900 K Cornel
800 K Howard
650 K Brett
600 K Bill L
400 K Jeff F
350 K Gene
350 K Jeff D

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


starbuck 555 m...a palindrome! ☃
William C 1,500 m
Jim M 2,015 m
Adam 2,522 m
Jodi 2,628 m
Kevin 3,119 m
Scott 3,522 m
Briana 3,694 m
Jean M 3,809 m
David T 4,000 m
Paul 4,250 m
Brickman 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Teresa R 5,518 m
Ian 5,571 m
Brent 5,632 m
Sharon 5,846 m
Jason 6,192 m
Judy 6,528 m
Larry 7,000 m
Jane 7,227 m...a palindrome! ☃
Karyn 7,278 m
Carol 7,575 m
David W 8,000 m
Andrea 8,888 m...a palindrome! ☃
Derric 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Ron W 10,256 m
David A 10,897 m
Eric 11,665 m
Gene 13,419 m
Jeff F 13,610 m
Tombeur 14,479 m
Stuart 15,510 m
Jeff D 16,016 m
Norma 17,771 m...a palindrome! ☃
Ted 18,000 m
Ken 20,000 m
Terry B 20,000 m
Gary 21,097 m...mooner with a half marathon!
Ron 21,312 m...a palindrome and a mooner! ☃
danwho 22,222 m...a palindrome and a mooner! ☃
Howard 22,419 m..mooner!
Thor 23,248 m...mooner!
Brett 23,500 m...mooner!
Steve W 24,097 m...mooner!
Vanessa 27,250 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 29,992 m...a palindrome and a mooner! ☃
Bill 31,000 m...mooner!
RIch 37,648 m...mooner!
Cornel 42,268 m...mooner!

[Kona2]

15th!

A week into this Challenge series, and Lunies are in the hunt! Hunt for what?! Well, to be in the top ten of the virtual teams would be a good mark! We're 8th among the virtual teams right now thanks to our Lunie Challenge team!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

10.45 MM Chip
2.9 MM Ed
2.25 MM Norma
2.05 MM Minnie
1.25 MM K2
600 K Brickman
600 K Vanessa
400 K Andrea
300 K Rick

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 1,023 m
Scott 1,655 m
David T 2,000 m
Jodi 3,190 m
Brickman 5,000 m
Sharon 5,954 m
Kevin 6,187 m
Judy 6,538 m
Carol 7,669 m
Andrea 7,777 m...lucky 7 palindrome!
Rick 8,014 m
Tombeur 9,175 m
Ed 10,000 m
Sorin 10,482 m
K2 12,500 m
Bill K 16,000 m
Brett 16,514 m
Vanessa 17,000 m
Norma 17,771 m...lucky 7's in this palindrome, too!

21,097 m and more = mooners!


Minnie 21,095 m...close enough, mooner!
Gary 21,097 m..half marathon!
Rich 21,097 m...half marathon!
Ron 21,412 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Chip 27,685 m...mooner!


Another Episode....Bunny Trails of the Mind!

When Darkness Falls....

You never know what walking your dog can lead you to...or how connections rooted in the Bronze Age (really long ago) lead to friendships! Arts and artists have been around for such a long time, and we are lucky that this is a UNESCO world heritage site! Not sure everyone can access from the link, but it is worth a read!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/arts ... ticleShare
When Darkness Falls, Three Friends Find Ancient Art

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and what a great start to the calendar year! Congratulations, Ron W, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!!

[Kona2]

14th!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.2 MM David A
2.25 MM Rich
1.6 MM Brent
1.35 MM Gary
1 MM Ron W
800 K Patrick S
700 K Stuart
650 K Bill K
50 K Robert E

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Briana 500 m
David T 2,000 m
Linda 2,684 m
Ron W 3,000 m
Larry 4,000 m
Jason 4,308 m
Brickman 5,000 m
John Y 5,000 m
Robert E 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Maria 5,441 m
Andrea 5,995 m...a palindrome!
Gene 6,000 m
Gines 6,233 m
Judy 6,534 m
Sharon 6,586 m
Brett 6,945 m
Rod 7,028 m
Thor 7,364 m
Karyn 8,434 m
Eric 9,042 m
Derric 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Tombeur 10,015 m
Carol 10,101 m...a palindrome!
Patrick S 10,501 m...a palindrome!
Dennis 13,431 m...a palindrome!
Jeff F 13,490 m
Steve W 13,847 m
Patrick Hmr 15,283 m
Brent 16,073 m
K2 20,002 m...a palindrome!
Stuart 20,150 m
Minnie 20,472 m
Bill K 21,000 m
Norma 21,012 m...a palindrome!

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Gary 21,097 m...half marathon! Mooner!
Ron 22,022 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
David A 28,321 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 29,992 m...a palindrome and a mooner!

[Kona2]

14th Overall !!!...and Lucky 7th of the Virtual Teams!!!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.55 MM Wild Bill
3.9 MM Ron
2.3 MM Norma
1.85 MM Ken
1.15 MM Ted

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

GMan 1,005 m
Kiara 1,517 m
Larry 2,000 m
Jeff M 2,001 m
Jason 2,730 m
Titus 3,518 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Rod 5,026 m
Maria 5,348 m
Scott 5,895 m
Adam 6,000 m
Sharon 6,361 m
Trevor 6.236 m
Judy 6,578 m
Carol 8,056 m
Jeff D 8,692 m
Gene 9,009 m...a palindrome!
Derric 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Andrea 10,101 m...a palindrome!
Bill L 11,000 m
K2 12,500 m
David A 14,247 m
Vanessa 15,000 m
Minnie 15,119 m
Patrick Hmr 15,248 m
Ron 20,202 m...a palindrome!
Norma 21,012 m...a palindrome !

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Gary 21,097 m..half marathon! Mooner!
Cornel 22,522 m..a palindrome and a mooner!
Rich 23,591 m...mooner!
Ted 25,000 m...mooner!
Chip 25,482 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 40,004 m...a palindrome and mooner!

[Kona2]

15th Overall !!!...and Lucky 8th of the Virtual Teams!!! (they're all lucky!)

Thank you to ALL our 80 Lunie Challenge Team members...although some may have forgotten that they signed up!

Got caught in all that FAA glitch mess with flights yesterday...took me 6 extra hours to reach my destination! Still, I was lucky to get out of Dodge, so to speak. That means today is a double posting! Back in the land of roadrunners and lizards! Good stuff that runs across desert really fast. Don't blink.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations: WOW!! Look at the cascade of milestones!!

10.5 MM Chip
5.6 MM Wild Bill
3.95 MM Ron
3.25 MM David A
2.5 MM Tombeur
2.3 MM Rich
1.45 MM Rod
1.4 MM Gary
1.1 MM Judy
950 K Cornel
900 K Patrick Hmr
750 K Eric
700 K Brett
650 K Carol W
650 K Vanessa
550 K Larry
450 K Derric
300 K David W
200 K Jeff M
100 K Sorin
50 K Sharon

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Ron W 1,000 m
Jim 1,117 m
Jason 2,023 m
Rebecca 2,035 m
Briana 3,677 m
David T 4,000 m
Jeff M 4,009 m
Scott 5,108 m
Maria 5,342 m
Sharon 6,483 m
Larry 6,500 m
Gines 6,505 m
Jeff F 7,096 m
Adam 8,000 m
Colin 8,201 m
Dan O' 8,367 m
Jodi 9,637 m
Brickman 10,000 m
David W 10,000 m
Sorin 10,000 m
Eric 10,027 m
Gene 10,918 m
K2 12,709 m
Judy 13,177 m
Dennis 13,431 m...a palindrome!
Minnie 14,958 m
Carol 15,897 m
Andrea 16,096 m...sure that there are two palindromes in there!
Jeff D 17,731 m
Thor 18,980 m
Brent 19,450 m
Steve W 19,486 m
Bill 20,000 m
Derric 20,000 m
Ed 20,000 m
Ken 20,000 m
Rick 20,000 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Tombeur 21,128 m...mooner!
Cornel 21,510 m...mooner!
danwho 22,222 m...a favorite palindrome! Mooner!
Stuart 22,222 m...ditto !
Patrick Hmr 23,059 m...mooner!
David A 28,566 m...mooner!
Vanessa 30,000 m...mooner!
Rich 30,652 m...mooner!
Rod 32,150 m...mooner!
Norma 35,542 m...sure that there are two palindromes in here also! Mooner!
Wild Bill 37,757 m...mooner!
Gary 42,296 m...double mooner!
Ron 42,524 m...a palindrome and mega mooner!
Brett 43,635 m...mega mooner!
Chip 55,469 m...mega mooner!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and he's got ANOTHER million! Congratulations, Ron, on achieving a FOUR million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

15th Overall !!!!!! Slippage!

Thanks to our 83 Lunie Challenge team members for keeping us in the hunt!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

10.55 MM Chip
5.65 MM Wild Bill
4 MM Ron
2.95 MM Ed
2.35 MM Norma
2.1 MM Minnie
1.8 MM Steve W
1.45 MM Gary
750 K Stuart
750 K Brett
700 K Bill K
650 K Kevin
450 K Andrew
350 K Rick

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Welcome back to Karon!

Scott 953 m
GMan 1,104 m
Jeff M 2,008 m
Rebecca 2,247 m
Briana 3,368 m
Larry 3,500 m
Jason 3,818 m
Brickman 4,000 m
Robert E 5,000 m
Karon 5,036 m
David T 6,000 m
William H 6,845 m
Sharon 7,323 m
Paul 7,500 m
Kevin 7,572 m
David W 8,000 m
Ian 8,072 m
Teresa R 8,212 m
Judy 9,838 m
Ken 10,000 m
Ron W 10,381 m
Brent 11,308 m
Gene 11,500 m
Sorin 11,923 m
Carol 12,301 m
Jeff F 12,773 m
Andrea 12,881 m
Rod 14,072 m
Minnie 15,168 m
Adam 18,000 m
Steve W 18,207 m
Derric 20,000 m
Ed 20,000 m
Rick 20,000 m
Rich 20,252 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Bill K 22,000 m...mooner!
Stuart 22,722 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Tombeur 23,140 m...mooner!
Cornel 25,624 m...mooner!
David A 29,890 m...mooner!
Chip 32,530 m...mooner!
Brett 33,550 m...mooner!
Norma 35,542 m...mooner...big numbers!
Gary 42,194 m...a double half marathoner!
Ron 42,424 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 75,732 m...on a mission! Mooner!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to power through to ONE million! Congratulations, Cornel, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season - and at a quick pace, too! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

16th Overall !!!!!!

Every day is a reminder not to wait to make life full of the things that are on the bucket list, and btw DO have an updated bucket list. But it's not just that. It's also a call to continue to spend time developing friendships across multiple generations. This can be entertaining on several levels - eye rolls and all. And so it is on this day, like many others, I am grateful for the Lunie community and all the celebrations we share. You are truly positrons in a world that needs them!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.7 MM Wild Bill
2.35 MM Rich C
1.5 MM Gary
1 MM Cornel
700 K Vanessa
400 K Gene

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 508 m
Rebecca 1,116 m
Larry 1,500 m
Ron 3,000 m
Jodi 4,401 m
Jason 4,851 m
Brickman 5,000 m
Paul 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Jeff F 6,161 m
Sharon 6,305 m
Kevin 6,457 m
Judy 6,584 m
Andrea 7,009 m....wait...did I make an error?! Not a palindrome!
Carol 7,578 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
William H 10,000 m
Gene 10,086 m
Tombeur 12,221 m...a palindrome!
Steve W 14,743 m
Cornel 15,229 m
Vanessa 16,000 m...an extra 1,000 m!
Minnie 16,406 m
Bill K 17,000 m
Norma 17,771 m...a palindrome!
Patrick Hmr 19,610 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron 21,012 m ...close enuf, a palindrome and a mooner!
Brett 27,695 m...mooner!
Rich 32,811 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 35,921 m...mooner!
Gary 42,194 m...twin moons!

[Kona2]

16th Overall !!!!!!

Thanks to the 85 Lunie Challenge team members who are pulling the chains and turning the wheels to put us into the 16th position on the Challenge roster!

So. How do you know when you just miss the pet you recently lost, or when you're truly ready for a new pet and its personality?! Jesse the Cat was a mainstay through two generations of Golden Retrievers. He didn't quite make it to Christmas. He was a great cat. Haven't visited the shelters yet to see who needs a home, but I dreamed about it...that's surely a warning sign?

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.75 MM Wild Bill
3.3 MM David A
2.55 MM Tombeur
2.4 MM Norma
950 K Patrick Hmr
600 K Glen K
450 K Jeff F
300 K Jason

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Welcome to the year round team, Glen!

Brent 1,015 m
Gary 2,000 m
Rebecca 2,019 m
David T 2,500 m
Sharon 2,684 m
Briana 3,285 m
Larry 4,000 m
Ross 4,500 m
Jason 4,734 m
Brickman 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Carol 5,484 m
Jeff F 6,046 m
Gene 6,110 m
Brett 7,098 m
David W 8,000 m
Terry 8,000 m
Tombeur 8,193 m
Ed 10,000 m
Paul 10,000 m
Rich 10,000 m
Judy 10,194 m
Ron 10,734 m
Andrea 12,221 m...a palindrome!
Stuart 15,051 m..a palindrome!
Norma 17,771 m...a palindrome!

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Patrick Hmr 21,631 m...mooner!
Ron 21,812 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
David A 30,629 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 40,036 m...mooner!
Glen 630,684 m...transferring in!