UNC Bears Play in NCAA Tournament Today at 2:40pm in Tuscon

Posted by Bob Weber on Mar 16th, 2011 in Greeley, TV | 0 comments

Today is the big day. Today the University of Northern Colorado Bears face off against the San Diego State Aztecs at 2:40pm Mountain Time in Tuscon Arizona. The game will be televised on TNT. I, unfortunately, have a meeting scheduled, so I will have to put it on the DVR. Don’t tell me who won.

Update: The Bears fell to the Aztecs 50-68. The Bears played well, and should be proud of their season. Congratulations to the team!!!

UNC Bears Basketball win Big Sky Tournament for NCAA Tournament Berth

Posted by Bob Weber on Mar 11th, 2011 in Greeley | 0 comments

In four years, the UNC Bears have improved from a 4-24 record to win the Big Sky conference championship and get their first ever spot in the NCAA tournament.

This is a shout out for the Greeley home team. Good luck in the big dance!

P.S. UNC to host ‘Selection Sunday’ watch party

Wash Bar banning Greeley Residents

Posted by Bob Weber on Mar 31st, 2009 in business, Greeley | 0 comments

Not sure how I missed this one, but it’s a doozy. Washington’s Sports Bar and Grill – a long time favorite in downtown Fort Collins is banning Greeley residents on Saturday night. This is to solve their gang problems.

Here’s more from 5280

There’s always been tension between Greeley and Fort Collins, highlighting the worst stereotypes. People in Greeley are lower-class cowhands; people in Fort Collins are snooty. And so on. The latest dust-up came when brothers Jason and Shane Jackson of Greeley went for a night on the town in Fort Fun, hitting Washington’s Sports Bar and Grill, according to the Greeley Tribune.

Once at the door, they were turned away by a bouncer, citing problems with gang members from Greeley and Evans. The Jacksons are far from being gang members, but the bouncer made no exceptions, leaving Mike Peters at the Tribune fuming.

According to an article in the Coloradoan the policy is working and the number of fights at the Wash are down.

I want to change my Gym

Posted by Bob Weber on May 13th, 2008 in Economics, Greeley, Personal | 0 comments

Any of you who were Friends fans (and who hasn’t been at some point in the last 15 years) will remember the episode where Chandler wants to ‘quit the gym’. The episode is a bit over the top with extremely attractive membership personnel who keep everyone from successfully canceling their membership. While this doesn’t really have any basis in reality (at least not in my experience), but changing Gyms is a bit of a traumatic experience.

About a year and a half ago I changed gyms. My old gym was a long time local establishment. Great facility, but it had it’s drawbacks, mostly in the service area. The pricing was a bit high, there were lots of days the facility was closed and the staff spent the last two hours of the day vacuuming and cleaning. I typically went from 8-10pm, which were always the hours they were cleaning. I finally got tired of paying a premium price to listen to vacuums and get sprayed with bleach, so I changed facilities.

My new Gym is a 24 hour facility, lower priced than the previous place, but it has it’s drawbacks. First off it’s small, only about 10 cardio machines and a handful of weights and machines. That’s not really so bad, but they also don’t have locker rooms. There are two unisex bathrooms, so if you want to show up without your workout gear on, you have to wait for one of them to be open. The other thing I don’t like, and this may sound funny, it’s not very busy. Back when I was working in an office, I liked it when the gym was quiet. Now that I’m self employed, work from home, and just hang out with the dogs all day long, I kind of crave human company. Not nearly as much fun to go to an empty gym.

So here’s my dilemma. The city I live in offers some very good facilities. They include a pool, great workout facility, basketball courts and locker rooms. Pretty much full service, and actually $5/month cheaper than my current membership. Downsides? I don’t know how busy they are. That might be annoying. Also, it is about 5 minutes further away from my house than my current gym. The other thing is it’s a public facility. There has been a recent debate about how the facilities are losing money and have to have tax dollars to stay open. So is it evil of me to join the cheaper, tax funded location than to support the independent (well franchised) facility? Is it fair to independent facilities when the city provides a better service at a loss so they can be cheaper than their competitors? Is it right that independent businesses have to compete with these publicly funded gyms?

I don’t know, but I think I’m going to change.

Young’s, Walrus gone in Greeley

Posted by Bob Weber on Mar 19th, 2008 in Economics, Greeley | 0 comments

Looks like Greeley has lost a couple more small businesses recently. Not sure how long they’ve been this way, but the signs are gone both from Young’s Cafe, just off 10th by Walmart, and Walrus Ice Cream in the King Soopers Parking lot off 35th Ave.

While I personally did not patronize either establishment on a regular basis (prefer the Wonderful Inn to Young’s, and really, who can go out for Ice Cream that often), but both were quality and I enjoyed their products when I did go there. Always tough to see Greeley any business, especially independent ones like these.