{"id":6029,"date":"2009-12-26T23:48:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T04:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2009-12-26T23:48:29","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T04:48:29","slug":"thumbs-1226-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/26\/thumbs-1226-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (12\/26 edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where are the &#8220;Thumbs!&#8221; going in this edition? Let&#8217;s see if they&#8217;re flying up or down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get it going with some seasonal thoughts!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to VDOT and all of the local government&#8217;s road crews for working their collective asses off and clearing the roads quickly during the recent winter storm.<\/li>\n<li>Going in the opposite direction, we&#8217;ve got to give a <strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to some of the lazy-asses that refuse to clean off their sidewalks and steps. Let&#8217;s also give a <strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to more lazy-asses that refuse to clean the snow off their vehicle. Once they get on the road, you better hope you&#8217;re not the driver behind them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP<\/strong>! to all of the people that take the time to put up the beautiful Christmas decorations. You might think they&#8217;re tacky and gaudy, but then you need to relax. The bigger, the better.<\/li>\n<li>And one last Christmas thumb&#8230; <strong>Thumbs DOWN<\/strong>! to Walgreens. That&#8217;s the only retail chain that was open on Christmas Day that we know of. Can&#8217;t we all have one day to celebrate and relax and families &amp; friends? And if you went to Walgreens on Christmas Day, you&#8217;ll get a <strong>Thumbs DOWN<\/strong>! for showing support for this shameful business practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s go back to some general thumbs&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to the Danville Area Humane Society. They&#8217;ve had a successful run over the few months including getting Danville&#8217;s City Council to pass a ban on dog-chaining. Paulette Dean is to be commended for the work that she does on the behalf of the animals that can&#8217;t speak for themselves. But the <strong>Thumbs<\/strong> go waaaaaaay <strong>UP!<\/strong> for their latest initiative. They&#8217;re going to be working on establishing a no-kill animal adoption center. It&#8217;s going to take around $750,000, but this is the type of project that they&#8217;ll be able to get grants for.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s end this edition of &#8220;Thumbs!&#8221; with a Thumbs UP! to WGSR (Star News)&#8217;s coverage of all of the region&#8217;s Christmas parades. They&#8217;ve had so much fun covering the parades that they created their own 47.3 digital subchannel that features 24\/7 parade rebroadcasts.\u00a0 You can also see the parades at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgsr47.com\" target=\"_blank\">WGSR&#8217;s website<\/a>. Click on the links on their sidebar (and thanks again for the link to SouthsideCentral, folks!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s our &#8220;Thumbs!&#8221; for this edition. Got some of your own? 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