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นักศึกษารับงานเอง said “Great breakdown, thanks for sharing your perspective so clearly.” on Blimpie, 422 Bush River Road Suite B: Summer 2020
BrianTR said “I ate at Railroad after seeing and being intrigued for a long time. Unfortunately, while the food was good ...” on Have Your Say
Tom said “@Justin. It was a Phillips 66 for many years.” on Have Your Say
Marcel Miller said “The Checkers at 901 Bush River Rd, Columbia, SC 29210 is closed now” on Ruff Hardware, 165 South Palmer Street (Ridgeway): 30 October 2026
Justin said “Railroad BBQ at 2001 Hampton Street is permanently closed. The building looks like it housed a service station in ...” on Have Your Say
Heath said “I'm seeing several mentions that Checkers on Bush River Rd. has closed. I believe it was around for about ...” on Have Your Say
Tom said “Here's an update of sorts. Over the weekend I spoke to someone who inquired about the building. They were ...” on Art Smart Academy, 7106 Broad River Road: 1 November 2024 (Moved)
free anagram solver said “Funny how the Ben & Jerry's move caused so much confusion, only for Birds On A Wire to disappear ...” on Birds On A Wire, 2901-A Devine Street: late 2008
sean said “Yeah, Red Hat deciding to switch up things with CentOS Stream a while back was a pain. Alma and ...” on Pwushing The Wed One!
ted said “The payphone was completely unvandalized, but unfortunately not functioning. I would have called someone!” on Ruff Hardware, 165 South Palmer Street (Ridgeway): 30 October 2026
ted said “It's somewhat of a sore issue. If I were starting now, I would probably just have a vm on ...” on Pwushing The Wed One!
Justin said “Ridgeway is a cool little town, very underrated. There are several cool antique shows there too and Olde Towne ...” on Ruff Hardware, 165 South Palmer Street (Ridgeway): 30 October 2026
sean said “If you don't mind me asking, what OS are you running on your web server? I'm currently using Slackware ...” on Pwushing The Wed One!
sean said “Was that payphone still functioning?” on Ruff Hardware, 165 South Palmer Street (Ridgeway): 30 October 2026
Elizabeth said “I recommend the Old Towne Hall restaurant if you can go there next time. I've eaten there a few ...” on Ruff Hardware, 165 South Palmer Street (Ridgeway): 30 October 2026
Matthew Benjamin said “Too many chicken fast food restaurants for this place to stand out.” on Slim Chickens, 456 Killian Road: 24 August 2026
ncarolina7 said “We would ride our bikes as kids all over that area and always made sure to stop and look ...” on Little Caesars Pizza / Yummy Chinese Restaurant II, 4600 Forest Drive Suite 10: Summer 2020
Joe Shlabotnik said “I ran a print shop in the '80s and the nice lady that owned The Menagerie did business with ...” on Little Caesars Pizza / Yummy Chinese Restaurant II, 4600 Forest Drive Suite 10: Summer 2020
Charles said “I remember buying a LIFE magazine in 1989 that had a cover story about the 50th anniversary of the ...” on Capitol Newsstand, 1204 Main Street: 29 April 2008
Charles said “This place was packed everytime I went there. The fried chicken was great!” on Shealy's Sandwiches / Kinch's / Doc's Gumbo Grille, 1115 Assembly Street: 31 October 2009
Charles A Miller said “I liked to eat lunch here when I worked downtown in the 90's through 2015. i really liked their ...” on Palmetto Sandwich Shop, 1465 Sumter Street: 31 March 2010
John said “I remember that pet store,it was pretty nice.I would place an order at yummy and go look at the ...” on Little Caesars Pizza / Yummy Chinese Restaurant II, 4600 Forest Drive Suite 10: Summer 2020
David said “Video Movie Club” on TitleMax 4624 Devine Street / Liberty Income Tax 4630 Devine Street: 4 October 2015
ncarolina7 said “Does anyone know the name of the little video rental place that used to be in this building in ...” on TitleMax 4624 Devine Street / Liberty Income Tax 4630 Devine Street: 4 October 2015
Lavender said “NCarolina7 - I think that pet store was called The Menagerie.” on Little Caesars Pizza / Yummy Chinese Restaurant II, 4600 Forest Drive Suite 10: Summer 2020
ncarolina7 said “Does anyone know of the little pet store that used to be in this shopping center? I was in ...” on Little Caesars Pizza / Yummy Chinese Restaurant II, 4600 Forest Drive Suite 10: Summer 2020
Mall Guy said “It's Fashion is closing: Widewater Square Landmark Square” on Have Your Say
Lavender said “Larry - Well, what really matters is that every student has a place to cruise their brand new enormous ...” on Have Your Say
Justin said “M Vista at 701 Lady Street has closed. It's looks it may have merged or took over the M ...” on Have Your Say
Larry said “USC Aiken is the size of a large high school, USC Columbia has a larger population than the city ...” on Have Your Say
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In The Halcyon Days Of My Youth... 6 comments

Posted at 10:40 pm in commentary

There seemed to be some effort in Columbia to make manhole covers flush with street level.

No more.

Written by ted on July 12th, 2019

Tagged with Columbia, manholes, Trenholm Road

The Bombs Bursting In Air no comments

Posted at 10:59 pm in commentary

Go pursue happiness!

Written by ted on July 3rd, 2019

Tagged with Fourth of July

A Good Start no comments

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Happy Valentines, Columbia!

Written by ted on February 13th, 2019

Tagged with risque Columbia, Valentines Day

Silent Night no comments

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Written by ted on December 24th, 2018

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Christmas Wrapping no comments

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Written by ted on December 24th, 2018

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Deck The Halls no comments

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Written by ted on December 22nd, 2018

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"Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.." no comments

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It may be a long long while from May to December, but with January, we get a whole new year to make a new start. Why not welcome 2019 with a Pawleys Island wall callendar? You can get this year's Sunset Theme here:

or look at all 15 available designs here.

Written by ted on December 22nd, 2018

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White Christmas no comments

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Written by ted on December 22nd, 2018

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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town no comments

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Baby It's Cold Outside no comments

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Written by ted on December 19th, 2018

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