{"id":8099,"date":"2013-11-12T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2013-11-12T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T01:32:00","slug":"thumbs-11122013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/12\/thumbs-11122013\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (11\/12\/2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been almost a month since our Thumbs! got a workout. Let&#8217;s fix that problem now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You know the drill&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Laurie Moran and the staff at the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for picking up another 5-Star accreditation rating from the US Chamber of Commerce. I&#8217;ll say it again&#8230; the Southside region has two the world&#8217;s best Chambers of Commerce with the Danville Pittsylvania and the Halifax ones leading the way.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Thumbs UP!<\/strong> also to the Danville Veterans Day parade as Sunday&#8217;s annual edition was a pleasure to watch while we honored those who have served our country. Unfortunately, we&#8217;ve also got a perpetual Thumbs DOWN! for the lack of people who showed up to watch and honor our veterans. Danville (and surrounding areas), you can do better.<\/li>\n<li>Hilarious <strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Virginia Uranium for irritating the hell out of the anti-mining community by putting up their own billboard on US29 at White Oak Mountain. The billboard says \u201cWelcome to Pittsylvania County, future home of the safest uranium mine in the world.\u201d, and you could hear the anti-mining crowd&#8217;s heads explode. 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Remember that these are our new improved color-coded Thumbs! Green and UP! is good. Red and DOWN! is bad. Big Boards are always good. Let's get one out now... Thumbs UP! to our congressman, Robert Hurt, for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13135,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/24\/thumbs-62415\/","url_meta":{"origin":8099,"position":2},"title":"Thumbs! (6\/24\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"UP! or DOWN! 'em if you got 'em, boys. Thumbs, that is. Let's play. Here's the long list of Official Thumbs! Rules: UP! is good. DOWN! is bad. The. End. It's time to bring on that Big Board! Thumbs UP! to Sharon Dones. 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