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Get a tablet - wife uses it all the time and can still receive calls on her phone at the same time.

ETA: LINE is a phone app and doesn't work and play well with PCs/Laptops but a tablet is built to act like both phone and computer

16 hours ago, pickledpapaya said:

I am currently taking an accredited diploma course in teacher education

???? There's a reason some of us actually took real classes in real schools to become real teachers.

15 hours ago, lightsidecat said:

I'm scheduled for my 2nd jab at Phyathai-2 mid September.  OK with it being AZ but if Pfizer is offered by that time will take that.  Studies I've scanned are showing that particular AZ/Pfizer combo is equally effective as two MRNA's jabs when it comes to antibodies,  and for T-cell response is proving superior - the later may be what is needed to fight off Lambda and newer variants.

 

I'm still thinking about just flying back to the states for a double Moderna set and real vaccine card. My prepaid moderna shots here are due "sometime in Oct." for the 1st and hopefully by next year for the 2nd so...

Thailand is so full of thieves and scammers at the top (high speed rail and rice market manipulation spring to mind) that I really don't trust them with this.

ETA: There was also a FB post in Thai back in May showing the gen proudly displaying his vax card listing 2 shots of Moderna received on the same day. ????

On 8/7/2021 at 11:20 AM, DrJack54 said:

Which immigration office?

10 forms? 

not sure I can say which office (name and shame rules here)

Yes, they kept adding forms trying to break us down so we'd just give up and pay the bribe. Turns out we only really needed 2-3.

Why would you bring a diamond anything to a Thai gf? Never mind if she's not Thai but here, gold is king. (most aren't impressed with white gold either)

Just saying, your values aren't Thai values. She'll smile. She'll kiss you. And as soon as she can, she'll be off to have it appraised because her friends and family will scoff that it's not gold. Why do you think you never see jewelry shops outside of high-end (Hi-So) malls but there's a gold shop around every city corner? 

16 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Thanks I misread your post, thinking your next appt was 27 Aug and thus maybe sinovac.

 

Seven weeks, in your case, is a new interval for AstraZeneca I've not seen.

 

Have seen 4/6/8/12/16 weeks.

 

 

it may have something to do with the grand opening of the station as a station on Nov 1st.

21 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Thanks for this.

 

Do you know which vaccine was administered?

 

Based on the hints I'm guessing sinovac.

 

 

Astra

OP- I'd make an appointment with a chiropractor. I damaged my L4, L5 and L6 vertebra in the lower lumbar region crushing 1 disc and compressing another. Surgery may be the way to go with all the advancements they have now compared to when I hurt myself but it sounds like a compression fracture. IF it's not fractured but simply out of alignment the chiropractor can fix it.

At the time I injured mine they put me on anti-inflamitories (+ 800mg Motrin x2 x3 per day) with weekly antibiotical steroid  spinal injections to strengthen the muscle tissue around the vertebra as they said I was too young for plates and screws. (like I said, they've made great improvements since I was injured) I still have similar pain to this day.

As for your legs going numb while at the computer, adjust your chair slightly lower (or get a new 1) as it sounds like you're restricting the blood flow through the femoral arteries where your legs meet the front edge of the chair.

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I assume you are writing about getting a new printout of of you Kor Ror 2 marriage registry since that is what immigration wants to prove you are still married. The Kor Ror 2 printout can be requested at any Amphoe or Khet (Bangkok).

Some offices will accept a printout up to 30 days old and others a week or so.

Thank you Joe - as for the name, all I know is my wife takes our marriage certificate to the amphoe office every year on our way to immigration for this letter/printout.

On 7/31/2021 at 7:40 PM, IgboChief said:

They do not come in legion and turn your garden into a mood puddle.

WTH is a "mood puddle"?? Is that like an emotional meltdown? ????

OP- IF it is crawfish and you catch that many you can have a crawfish cookout Cajun style.

UbonJoe - switching from our province to BKK and so CW, we still need the married letter from the amphoe office where we got married (?) and how long is it good for at CW? Same day is nearly impossible, next day is 2 days too early (they told us 3 days before expiration) and it can't be obtained over the weekend.

Question is, can the letter be obtained on Friday the 13th and honored at CW on Monday the 16th or if we obtain the letter on the 12th will CW accept the paperwork 5 days early (the 13th) instead of 3? (extension expires on the 17th)

(obviously we have no appointment-they told us to just walk in)

Good points about Japan and Korea. Qatar looking like the front runner. 2 caveats have popped up as well. (maybe 3) 1) Quarantine upon arrival back in BKK @35-50k THB even though I would be fully vaccinated (and it looks as though I couldn't do it in my condo in BKK), 2) mom informed me that there are quarantines in the states (10 days, unsure of all the facts), 3) I have a Thai 100k TBH covid policy but would I be in the group that MUST buy a $100,000 USD covid policy? (Non-O extensions for being married)

So now, my planned 32k-ish + 1 month living expenses trip has gone up 10 fold. (possibly)

Yes, I know the future may alter everything (again) but that's an expensive gamble.

2 days ago the embassy posted a link to register for a 1st shot with a google form. Did that. Yesterday around noon they posted another site/link effectively canceling the 1st 1 to register for a 1st shot. Succeeded in registering both times.

So, upon receiving the generous donating of Pfizer from the states, the government has magnanimously agreed to slag off their Astra supply to foreigners. Khop Khun Krap. ????

Anyway, I'll believe it as soon as they are removing the needle from my arm. Registered is a LONG way from receiving. Ever the dreamer, I'm still waiting on my prepaid moderna shots from the private hospital in Oct.

planning on going to CW for my extension instead of returning to our local - hoping to avoid being asked for a bribe again - wife called and got the item list they want (pretty much the same as our local) and did an updated/new TM30 for me online (as our condo is in her name). was wondering what she was talking about with the whole "3-days before" thing until I saw the notice UbonJoe posted. hope the day before will be acceptable as 3-days before is a sun.

21 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

Are you sure you don't mean Qatar instead of Qantas?

 

Qatar are a great airline, however I don't know about the US but if you were flying to the UK you would need to quarantine after changing in DOH. 

 

Check out Google Flights or http://matrix.itasoftware.com/ for options & classes (using the month search & nearby airports can save a lot of money)... Premium Economy might be a good compromise if you want a little more room but don't want to pay for Business Class. 

 

 

Yes, I meant Qatar - I should know better than to try thinking clearly at 3am and 1st 1/2 a cup of coffee.

14 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Forget Qantas then as you can't smoke in Australian airports.  I'd be amazed if you could fly with them in any case given the restrictions they have there.  If you can find a biz flight only 100% over coach I'd be snapping their hands off for it!

the prices quoted were 32k coach, 64k business. The Qantas flight goes to DOH not Oz. My bad

have you read Mien Kompf? ???? 

Just joking but if you stray from history as told by others (remember it was gospel that Columbus discovered America) then I would suggest Zayne Grey, Louis L'Amour, (American Old West adventure-historically accurate but adequately embellished) Edgar Rice Burroughs (old fiction, adventure), Tom Clancy (newer fiction, adventure), J. R. R. Tolkien (dig a little, he didn't only write The Hobbit series) "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" 1925, "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics", 1926

I'm seriously considering flying to the states to get my shots since the government here has lacked the competence to get it done.

My question is about airlines. The cheapest flights I've found are around 32,000 THB (round-trip) and offered on Korean Air, JAL and Qantas.

All 3 make a stop in their home country before heading on to the states for another stop then on to my final destination.

I don't mind the stops as it breaks up the 24-ish hrs it takes to complete the trip and I smoke so it gives me a change at polluting my lungs along the way.

All these flights were found with a quick online search so...Does anyone have experience with these airlines? (I flew Cathey Pacific when I came here 21 yrs ago)

Does anyone have any recommendations for a way to get a cheaper flight?

I'm old and achy but don't want to pay 100% more for a business class seat so looking for the largest seating and legroom possible in coach.

Thanks in advance.

seems to me that their keeping 1/3 (roughly 66 million doses) from the 1st batch and repeating it with the 2nd batch is saving the people while lining their pockets. from 2 sales in their own warped little minds.

On 7/14/2021 at 6:28 AM, faraday said:

You heard of Dog The Bounty Hunter?

 

Now, it's Somchai....

 

*Laughing emoji*

 

To address your post: No, there isn't.

You've heard of not insulting my wife? After 17 years of marriage and her "insider" knowledge of all things Thai you'll forgive me if I disregard you as a putz.

As also mentioned, I don't currently work so don't have that reason to be out and about during this new panic period.

My wife got her 1st shot of free sino last week and was having mild flu symptoms for the next 2 days. I, on the other hand (as an American) haven't received anything and feel fine. (still waiting on my prepaid moderna shot)

My concern for taking mixed shots was fueled by the total incompetence of the government looking to pad their wallets rather than giving 2 shlts about the people here.

Based on some of the opinions here, I'm wondering if I (as over 60) should get in line for an initial sino or asta shot while waiting on my 2 monerna shots.

Something else that baffles me is why there are no (publicly acknowledged) studies on the use of CRISPR to combat this virus? (as well as others)

With all the threads on covid, variants and vaccines, I've been hugely curious about what will/does/could happen with a set of mixed shots. I mean. as stupidly as these vaccines have been rolled out, what are the effects (side or otherwise) of getting a 1st shot of Astra and a 2nd shot of Sinovac? Do you get to see the vial as they draw the vaccine into the syringe to be sure what you're getting? I would think the odds of a bad side effect would be lower for say 1st shot Pfizer and 2nd shot Moderna.

What prompted me to finally make this post was seeing on the news that A.) Thailand is getting 1.5 million doses of Pfizer from the US, B.) Sinovac is proven nearly worthless against the new variant, C.) Thailand is making plans to reinject it's healthcare workers with Pfizer after initial injections of Sinovac.

This will be an experimental cocktail of 2 Sinovac shots and 1 Pfizer shot. As mentioned in other threads they are not made the same way and could cause a whole new spike in deaths by virtually "infecting" people in 2 different fashions.

Any scientists or scientifically well-read folks in here?