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

[Kona2]

Comet (Ed) ...now with reindeer tail wag swagger ...AND the reindeer ear wag ....

Hooboy! Our man in Qatar has not only crossed the desert a few times, he's more than halfway around the Earth (literally and figuratively depending upon where you start)! This latest milestone happens in tandem with achieving the 500K Holiday Challenge milestone here at Reindeer Central...about 50K more and this man will have earned a Jackson for the Concept2 charities. Congratulations, Ed, on earning all your millions...we wish you many, MANY more as you circumnavigate the Luniverse!

[Kona2]

Looking festive for Holiday Challenge meters today here at Reindeer Central ! Day 17 of 29 brings us TWO more reindeer (Gene and Lily) to bring our herd total to 31....there's room for more!

New reindeer: Congratulations on earning the first $2.00 !!


Starlight (Gene)


Jingle Belle (Lily)

So many are close to their Holiday Challenge milestones! Melissa is only 1,000 m away from claiming her reindeer, and Doug G is less than 10 K from antler lights !




Took me a little while to find the graphic below in the Reindeer Chronicles. I am pretty sure that the 2011 Holiday Challenge was the one where we encouraged all the Rowing Universe (not sure if ski ergs were around just yet) to FINALLY get to the $30K donation level...and the Universe Conspired to make it so. Ever since then, the goal has been met. I particularly like this graphic just because it shows the various tipping points, such as when the erging universe makes it to $10K (we're not there). It seems that no matter how many participants, it still takes 18 or 19 days to reach the first $10K...and then we start REALLY moving the rocket ship towards goal. So rock on, Lunies!



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.05 MM Ronnie
1.85 MM Roger
1.4 MM Danwho
650 K Steve H
600 K Stuart
250 K Jane

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

Gene m ...and just like that, Gene becomes our 30th reindeer!
Tony m ...a palindrome!
Jeff M 3,514 m
Lily 3,895 m ...and just like that, Lily becomes the 31st Lunie Reindeer of 2016 season!
Janice 5,000 m
Steve H 5,000 m
Jane m ...a sweet palindrome!
Briana 5,008 m
Jim m ...Dasher has a sweet tooth!
Chip 5,655 m
David T 6,000 m
Ian 6,065 m
Rick 6,152 m
Byrke 6,900 m
Teresa R 8,254 m
Jessica 10,000 m
K2 10,000 m
Greg H 10,002 m ...also close to getting his reindeer!
Doug G 10,536 m
Howard m ...a palindrome!
m ...a palindrome!
Larry 11,240 m
Tombeur 11,317 m
Tammy m ...a double aught double!
Roger m ...a double aught double!
Bobbie m ..a onesie twosie palindrome with an aught thrown in...
Danwho m ..a onesie twosie palindrome with an aught thrown in...
Stefan 12,603 m
bg 13,098 m
Ken G 15,000 m
Rosita m ...another sweet palindrome!
Ronnie m ...a palindrome!
Thor 20,877 m ...throwing down the hammer again!
Stuart 21,097 m ...he moons us!
Ed m...a palindrome!

[normadelaney]

Comet (Ed) ...now with reindeer tail wag swagger ...AND the reindeer ear wag ....

Congratulations, Ed, on the 26 MM and the first fully tricked out reindeer of this season. Hope you enjoy a feeling of satisfaction along with anticipation as you make the very long trip home.

[normadelaney]

Oh, K2, I did enjoy little Shaun dressed for the holidays!

[brotherjim]

getting ready to watch 3A championship game. Team that beat Tristans team playing. With a 6'3" 285lb and 6'8" 320lb linemen, they are pretty impressive.

[Kona2]

Day 18 of 29 dawns...and it's snow covered! Free range reindeer getting restless...

Today's data snapshot brings us two full marathons (Jay and Ed), a full moon (Dean), two half marathons (Tristan and Roger), five half moons (Jim, Ron, Thor, Rosita, Norma, and Kristine), a flashing harness (Jay), and three shiny new reindeer (Kristine, Melissa and Greg H), and a partridge in a pear tree. No leaping lords or dairy gals. Congratulations to all on reaching some new milestones in the Challenge! It is difficult to fit a lot of meters into the time available!

New reindeer:


Ranger (Kristine)


Calypso (Melissa)


Yukon (Greg H)

Flashing Harness:


Vixen (Jay)

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.5 MM Ed - with a full marathon
3.05 MM Jay - with a full marathon
2.55 MM Thor
1.7 MM Norma
1.35 MM Stefan
1.3 MM Bobbie
1.2 MM Dean
300 K Howard
250 K Melissa
100 K Greg H

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

Tony m ...a palindrome!
Dan O' 4,000 m
Teresa R 4,512 m
Chuck E 5,000 m
Janice 5,000 m
Jeff M 5,166 m
Teresa G 5,256 m
David T 6,000 m
Ian m ..a palindrome!
Jane m ..a palindrome!
Jeff D 7,154 m
Dave H 10,000 m
Paul B 10,000 m
William H 10,000 m
Howard m .. a palindrome!
Greg H 10,002 m
Melissa 12,000 m
Bobbie 12,013 m
Steve W 12,272 m
Tammy m .. a double aught double!
Ronnie m ...a palindrome!
Tombeur 13,621 m
Stefan 15,345 m
Karyn 16,438 m
Doug G m ...a palindrome!
K2 19,669 m
Ken G 20,000 m
Roger 21,097 m
Tristan 21,098 m
Ron m ..a onesie twosie palindrome!
Norma m ...a lotta twos palindrome!
Jim m...an evens palindrome!
Rosita 25,000 m ...and within 10K of the flashing harness!
Kristine m ...Ranger's into the candy again...a palindrome!
Thor 34,010 m
Ed 42,195 m
Jay 42,195 m
Dean 43,798 m

[Thor MW]

The hammer has indeed been swinging freely of late. I got my 4 million lifetime today. I only need 977,389M until the big 5. Yep that's all. haha.
K2 will update you on the other milestone.
It has been about a year since I joined the Luna Tics. I think I have rowed around 3.5 million since then. I've said it before and I will say it again. Thank you folks for keeping this fun and interesting. I had no idea that one could even row so much in one day until I joined and saw it being done. There are no barriers just limitations we place on ourselves. Thanks all.
Love Thor

[Edscapade]

The hammer has indeed been swinging freely of late. I got my 4 million lifetime today. I only need 977,389M until the big 5. Yep that's all. haha.
K2 will update you on the other milestone.
It has been about a year since I joined the Luna Tics. I think I have rowed around 3.5 million since then. I've said it before and I will say it again. Thank you folks for keeping this fun and interesting. I had no idea that one could even row so much in one day until I joined and saw it being done. There are no barriers just limitations we place on ourselves. Thanks all.
Love Thor

Awesome Thor! Great accomplishment... Agree on no barriers - just have to tell myself not to listen to the hind end at times and work through it.

The next 977,389 will come quick.

Take care,
Ed

[normadelaney]

The hammer has indeed been swinging freely of late. I got my 4 million lifetime today. I only need 977,389M until the big 5. Yep that's all. haha.
K2 will update you on the other milestone.
It has been about a year since I joined the Luna Tics. I think I have rowed around 3.5 million since then. I've said it before and I will say it again. Thank you folks for keeping this fun and interesting. I had no idea that one could even row so much in one day until I joined and saw it being done. There are no barriers just limitations we place on ourselves. Thanks all.
Love Thor

Congratulations, Mighty Thor! That's some determined rowing. At that rate you'll reach 5 MM meters soon, perhaps in the next challenge.

[Kona2]

Where did the day goooooooooooo? We have new reindeer, some antler lights, and some flashing harnesses! You've all been busy!

New Reindeer: Congrats on earning the first $2 !


Fireball (Chip)


Radar (Mikkel)

And the antler lights!


Zeus (Tombeur)


Donner (Doug G)

And FINALLY (he's been waiting ALL DAY!), mighty Thor earns the flashing harness:


Thor (Thor)

Congratulations to all our milestone achievers!

MILESTONES...Bragging RIghts...Celebrations:

5.55 MM Ed
3.9 MM bg
3.9 MM Ron
2.6 MM Thor
2.05 MM Tammy
1.25 MM Janice
1.25 MM Dean
900 K K2 !
750 K Ken G
650 K Tristan
550 K Paul B
400 K Mikkel
350 K Andrea
250 K Kristine
100 K Chip

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

Lily 1,555 m
Peter G 2,513 m
Larry 2,600 m
D Wheeler 2,900 m
Dan E 3,040 m
Steve W 3,500 m
Mitch F 4,000 m
Dan O 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Teresa R 5,019 m
Bobbie 5,555 m ... a palindrome...and my graphics have suddenly gone into cyberspace...
Ian 6,006 m ...a palindrome!
Rick C 6,205 m
David W (AZ) 6,588 m
Tony 6,666 m ... another palindrome...probably two days?
Roger 7,117 m ...a lucky palindrome!
Karyn 7,129 m
David T 9,000 m ...and within 5 K of claiming his reindeer..!
Jeff D 9,116 m
Stefan 9,532 m
Janice 10,000 m
K2 10,000 m
Paul B 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Terry B 10,002 m
Greg H 10,006 m
Rich McC 10,515 m
Tammy 11,111 m ... a palindrome
Howard 11,137 m
Danwho 12,021 m ...a palindrome
Jeff M 12,072 m
Tombeur 13,123 m
Jeff G 14,029 m
Jay 14,041 m...a double aught double
Ronnie 14,141 m ... a palindrome
Norma 15,551 m ... a palindrome
Mikkel 16,143 m
Chip 17,026 m
Kristine 17,033 m
Andrea 18,989 m
Jim 20,155 m
Tristan 21,099 m
Stuart 21,140 m
Dean 21,731 m
Ken G 22,000 m
Sorin 22,418 m
bg 25,112 m
Thor 31,145 m
Ed 33,333 m ... a palindrome
Ron 35,343 m

[Kona2]

Congratulations, Thor, on achieving FOUR million lifetime meters! We wish you many, MANY more!



Having trouble with the photobucket images - otherwise, they would definitely be there!

[Thor MW]

And FINALLY (he's been waiting ALL DAY!), mighty Thor earns the flashing harness:


Thor (Thor)

And worth the wait it was too. Grin. Funny, I was planning on the 300K and that would be enough. The last few days I've been rowing a lot. I might just hit the 500K this go around.
Have fun and a big way to go to everyone. Let's hit that 30 grand! There's still what, 10 days left. Get rock'n and rowing!
Rock and row aint noise pollution. ACDC

I like that old time rock and row
That kind of movement just soothes my soul. Bob Segar

Have fun.

[macbruce1]

My internet was out much of the weekend So much happening. Congratulations to Ed and Thor on your milestones and congratulations to all the new reindeer and to those who've earned the extra "bling"
Barb is having problems with her C2 password. She asked me to say Hi
DDRR

[Edscapade]

Congratulations, Thor, on achieving FOUR million lifetime meters! We wish you many, MANY more!



Having trouble with the photobucket images - otherwise, they would definitely be there!

Congratulations Thor! Rock/Row on....

[Kona2]

Day 19 of 29....and, as they say in the RCN novels....move it, spacers!

And what should this morning bring...three foot drifts...a new reindeer...reindeer bling and more reindeer swagger!

New reindeer:


Champ (David T)

Coveted Flashing Harness:


Romulan (Dean)

And the Swagger:


Cupid (Ron) ...well done!

And the "there is no additional category...so we'll give you a moonlit tree."..600K in Challenge Meters for Ed!


Comet (Ed)

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.6 MM Ed
2.65 MM ZThor
2.15 MM David A
2.1 MM Ronnie
800 K Steve W
550 K Tom M

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


Lily m ...a onesie twosie palindrome!
Steve W 2,000 m
Tony m ...a palindrome of the second kind!
Dan O' 4,000 m
Dan E 4,526 m
Janice 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Steve G 5,361 m
David T 6,000 m
Tom R 6,405 m
Ian m ....a lucky 007....seems right for a fellow named Ian...
Chuck E 7,500 m
William H 7,511 m
Bobbie m ...a palindrome!
Dave H 10,000 m
Greg H 10,003 m
David A 10,100 m
Tombeur 10,239 m
Minnie m ...a palindrome!
Jay m ...a palindrome with a little luck built in...
Danwho m ...a Whovian palindrome!
Ronnie m ...a count em up and down palindrome!
Norma m ...a palindrome with some extra luck!
Dean 21,097 m ...moons us as he grabs the flashing harness!
Thor 23,117 m
Ed m ... lotta meters...getting those reps in before the golf !