{"id":11291,"date":"2014-11-20T13:58:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T18:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2014-11-20T13:58:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T18:58:44","slug":"randomthoughts-11202014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/20\/randomthoughts-11202014\/","title":{"rendered":"RandomThoughts! (11\/20\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got thoughts. They&#8217;re Random.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while, hasn&#8217;t it? Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I caught myself saying &#8220;the old Plaza Cinema location&#8221; instead of &#8220;Dan River Church&#8221;. Oops.<\/li>\n<li>Happy Trails, Liberty Fair Mall. The now half demolished Martinsville shopping center&#8217;s name is being renamed &#8220;The Village of Martinsville&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of that mall&#8230; Belk has now closed off their mall entrance for good there, just like they did at the Eden Mall.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of the Eden Mall&#8230; they had the last Waldenbooks store for at least 100 miles.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of bookstores&#8230; anybody remember First Edition book store in the Ballou Park area. It was in the old 7-11 location.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of 7-11&#8230; I want a REAL Slurpee and a Big Wheel ice cream sandwich.<\/li>\n<li>Where in the heck did all of those strung-together RandomThoughts come from?<\/li>\n<li>Carolina Cafe for breakfast, Cafe 99 for lunch, Pete&#8217;s Burgers for supper. Now that would be my Reidsville routine.<\/li>\n<li>Danville United meeting tonight at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. The meeting start at 7 PM and we&#8217;ll cover it LIVE!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough RandomThoughts for now. 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