{"id":13790,"date":"2015-08-27T22:01:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T02:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=13790"},"modified":"2015-08-28T02:18:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T06:18:23","slug":"randomthoughts-82715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/27\/randomthoughts-82715\/","title":{"rendered":"RandomThoughts! (8\/27\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t Randomly Thought in over seven weeks. Let&#8217;s fix that problem now.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I still remember that RandomThoughts belong on a Big Board.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The staff and management at WDBJ-TV are amazing. I&#8217;ve never been more impressed at the way that they were able to pull a day&#8217;s worth of programming together after Wednesday&#8217;s tragedy. When General Manager Jeff Marks said &#8220;<span class=\"entry-content\">We should probably go back to regular programming now, rather than prolonging this. But rest assured, we&#8217;ll come back on the air as more information becomes available<\/span>&#8220;, I was in awe.<\/li>\n<li>Remember all the hysteria about that armed robbery string a few weeks ago in Danville? Well, it&#8217;s all gone now and nobody&#8217;s talking about it really that much anymore. Danville&#8217;s short attention span reputation is well earned.<\/li>\n<li>Daylight Saving Time ends on November 1st, people.<\/li>\n<li>I still disagree with it, but I understand why the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors only lets Pittsylvania County residents and taxpayers to speak in the public comment section of their meetings.<\/li>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t been to Bubba&#8217;s for ice cream this entire summer.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of that area of the city, Gina&#8217;s Restaurant is the place that I just love but I rarely remember to eat there.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, I&#8217;ve noticed that most RandomThoughts invariably have a food reference in them.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re still claiming that your home tap water tastes bad, that&#8217;s your problem. There is absolutely no issue with Danville&#8217;s drinking water supply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s some RandomThoughts! for today. 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