Nope they are both there in the first and last line of the script and the dbtech_thanks_postbit_entries looks ok
<vb:if condition="$show['dbtech_thanks_area']">
<li class="postbitlegacy postbitim postcontainer">
<div class="posthead">
<span class="postdate">{vb:rawphrase dbtech_thanks_post_thanks_like}</span>
</div>
<div class="postdetails" id="dbtech_thanks_entries_{vb:var post.postid}">
{vb:raw entries}
</div>
<vb:if condition="$actions">
<div class="postfoot">
<div class="textcontrols">
<span class="postlinking">
{vb:raw actions}
</span>
</div>
</div>
</vb:if>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var Thanks{vb:var post.postid} = new Thanks_Obj();
Thanks{vb:var post.postid}.init('{vb:var post.postid}');
// -->
</script>
</li>
</vb:if>