{"id":10398,"date":"2014-09-25T23:50:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T03:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=10398"},"modified":"2014-09-25T23:50:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T03:50:44","slug":"randomthoughts-9252014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/25\/randomthoughts-9252014\/","title":{"rendered":"RandomThoughts! (9\/25\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Thoughts. They are a-Random.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>How about a Big Board?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Danville&#8217;s K-Mart survives the axe in this latest round of closings, but Reidsville&#8217;s will close on December 7th. Merry Christmas to the employees, eh?<\/li>\n<li>What benefit does a &#8220;Welcome Race Fans&#8221; banner outside a business have? Do people actually choose one place over another because of that banner?<\/li>\n<li>Danville&#8217;s Main Street Plaza has turned out to be an awesome place for parties and concerts.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m addicted to Jake&#8217;s on Main&#8217;s muffaletta sliders. Seriously addicted. And they&#8217;ve got the best onion rings in the region&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Thursday&#8217;s night&#8217;s Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce was held at the Main Street Plaza. There&#8217;s over 300 people right beside Lou&#8217;s Antique Mall, looking at the stuff in the windows&#8230; so of course they close at the regular time. People leaving the event don&#8217;t get a chance to go in and shop. When will downtown business owners &#8220;Get It&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t been in a Radio Shack store in over three years.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m looking forward to the annual &#8220;Old &#8217;97 Rail Days&#8221; at the Danville Science Center this weekend. Sonja Wolen told me that the first group of train enthusiasts have already arrived in Danville.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, I still call the building that PATHS is in across from the Main St. post office the &#8220;Mutual Savings &amp; Loan&#8221; building. I&#8217;m old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s some RandomThoughts for you! 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