DrPhibes

Thanks everyone!  I'll act on your recommendations as it gets closer to fly date.  Would be nice to just get off the plane and have a car waiting for me.

Heading for Samui towards the end of January for about 6 weeks (escaping the burn season).  Need a car for about 3 days when I get there and maybe 1 or 2 days during my stay after that.  Any suggestions?

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

I'm becoming an Elan fan and surely a space x fan.  This mission is to be considered 99% success.   So many firsts.  The raptors worked fine.   Flipped over to belly  flop for the transition to controlled falling rock reentry test.  Nose thrusters worked perfect to upright the ship for landing.  All data to touchdown was retrieved. Just a tad hard landing.   I guess reason was the fuel tank pressure was low for some reason.  Yuu can see the raptor plume looks weak.   It explains hitting the far edge of the pad and landing to fast.   

This is buck rogers stuff.  

Rip SN8.  SN9 is almost ready to roll.  Let's hope not to much damage to the facility as there was a lengthy fire that occurred  quite a distance from the initial crash site.  

I'm stoked. 

Yup, awesome.  The fuel delivery problem will be solved in short order.  The rest of the flight was frikken magic!  I toured the main Hawthorne CA facility a few years ago, that was great.  Brought back memories as I used to work in some of the buildings there in the early 90's when it was Northrop ????  ????  nudge nudge.

Might I suggest signing up for Musk's Starlink ????  BTW, the SpaceX SN8 test about 24 hrs ago was about 98% successful, however, it's that last 2% that'll kill ya!  Went on the tour in their Hawthorn, CA main facility a few years ago, awesome.  Brought back all kinds of memories as I worked in some of those buildings when it was Northrop ????  ????  nudge nudge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHG1D4er4oo

4 hours ago, brucec64 said:

No, when thailand has vaccinated enough people and achieved herd immunity, it will be safe to allow other vaccinated people to enter without quarantine. For better or for worse, thialand has adopted a virus eradication strategy as opposed to a containment strategy, and domestic vaccinations are required for this strategy to continue to be successful. 

Given that Thai people don't believe it unless it is on Facebook it is more like heard immunity!

"U.S. cannabis sales hit record levels over the Thanksgiving weekend. "  With the general response at the Thanksgiving table being: "This is the most delicious turkey I have ever tasted!"

14 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Why am I suddenly thinking of WKRP....

As God is my witness, you have to add a video link with a post reference like that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg

Still as good as the first time I watched it.

Just now, nobodysfriend said:

That looks like the body of a female sex robot ... is it that what you want ...?

Just want it anatomically accurate ????

44 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

May be one like this ...?

Already have mine on order!  If I'm going to start a new life, might as well see how the other 1/2 lives.

On 11/30/2020 at 10:16 PM, DrPhibes said:

Put in the paperwork for my first extension based on marriage and was told by Chiang Mai immigration at that time not to go anywhere for 15 days due to home visit and that I should have 2 witnesses present.  That was 2 weeks ago, no call yet.

Follow up,

Well, the Immigration Police visit did happen.  Wife got the call at 7:30am this morning that they would be at our house at 1:30pm. Luckily, we had a couple we do walks with and such that were available as witnesses.  Immigration acted surprised on the phone when we told them most of the people we know work and today is a work day.  Anyway, the witnesses and Immigration Police showed on time, were very cordial, brought their own printer so all docs about our witnesses could be printed out and signed on the spot.  They asked a few Q's, took a couple of pics of us, but did not look around the house (surprised).  They did not ask for a visit fee.  Total time about 30min.  Made the comment that I will be getting the extension no problem given our submission and such.  Overall non-eventful.

I find owning a Ford Sportka does the trick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KgZPNVKAg

Works well with pigeons pooping on the car as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8kunHFd1PQ

8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You can mail first one at CW. Are you sure mail option not available at CM

CM specifically stated must be in person, no mailing, no online for this first reporting.  That of, course, is the requirements as of 90min ago at the visa desk...

Thanks guys,

Could not wait, drove over to CM immigration and it is 30 days from the end of my Non-O visa based on marriage (frantically changing reservations for dive trip now).

One other tidbit, since it will be my 1st ever 90 day reporting due Feb 14th, it must be in person (no mailing, no online) for CM immigration.  I know you can do it 15 days in advance but how are the 15 days counted?  Could it be Jan 30th or Jan 31st?  Another trip to change...

Thanks again for your help!

Submitted the package on Nov 17th (wife was dealing with all of this since easier in Thai than English).  I as understood things, within 30 days from submission of the package the extension would be done and we would go in and get the stamp.  Just opened my passport for another reason and discovered the under consideration stamp says to come in on the 28th of Dec!!!  Right in the middle of our dive trip in Phuket.  Is this correct?

Put in the paperwork for my first extension based on marriage and was told by Chiang Mai immigration at that time not to go anywhere for 15 days due to home visit and that I should have 2 witnesses present.  That was 2 weeks ago, no call yet.

On 11/29/2020 at 8:17 AM, Amusements said:

Maybe this one is the cheapest?

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/3-printer-brother-l2715dw-printscancopyfax-i297916308-s510430359.html

 

Thanks for the work on the suggestion.  I'd actually take a L2750dw (price is not an issue) since it is the closest to my L2740dw (not manufactured anymore from what I can find) in operation but I don't see that offered.  Only see the L2715DW offered at Officemate and Powerbuy so have to go with that.

Looking the escape to Samui during the burn season (Feb - April) in Chiang Mai and will need an all-in-one Laser Printer (Brother MFC L2715dw preferably).  Can't lug one with me.  Is Powerbuy at Cenfest still open?  Somewhere else to buy such a printer on the island?  Thank you in advance.

6 hours ago, katana said:

How old are you?

Unfortunately as you get older, your senses decline. Just as your eyesight and hearing deteriorate, so too unfortunately does your sense of taste.

So may just be an age thing.

eh?, what's that you say? sorry, can you please type louder.  I'm a little hard of reading in my old age.

8 minutes ago, khunPer said:

It's same owner, Minor Food Group, so it might be a possibility...????

So minors are now a food group?  I remember eat the rich from my youth but, generally, they were either old, gamey, and somewhat devoid of meat or younger ones that were mostly fat.

Thanks everyone, one of the dive shops we normally use just responded.  We have had so many e-mails in the past that it went to spam!  No need for any other responses at this point. 

Screw Swensen's cuties, let's go straight to the hardcore! My ultimate Hotdog on a Stick girl!

Teens and I (all AOW) are looking to fly down from Chiang Mai and dive from Phuket during this time but our two favorite shops seem to be closed down.  Anyone know any shops open at the moment?  Thanks in advance!

2 hours ago, Carlosm said:

House photos have to be in color and in 'portrait' setting (not landscape or stitched).

So funny since Chiang Mai they want them landscape!

I thought these were smart college students, a couple of hundred dollars worth of capacitors and such on an RC car overloaded under one of the very expensive water cannon trucks, problem solved.

21 hours ago, Walker88 said:

It's going to take time and longer than anyone wants. Even when vaccines are widely available, countries will decide for themselves when and how much to re-open borders.

 

Herd immunity, at least with Covid-19, is a shibboleth. Antibodies are found to last 2-3 months maximum. The initial Chinese research in this regards is being confirmed by additional study. Thus, it's going to take an effective vaccine or vaccines.

 

The two most promising vaccines---Pfizer and Moderna---come with a bit of small print. Both require two shots, an initial injection and a booster a few weeks later.  Immunity is not instant and takes a few months to build. Both vaccines also require liquid nitrogen cold storage until getting ready for injection. That may be doable in large cities, but the logistics of deep cold storage in rural areas or developing countries is an issue. Then there is the problem of production. Pfizer claims it can have 50 million doses by December. Sounds good, but the US alone has 330,000,000 people. Widespread inoculation will be a long process.

 

Finally, 95% effective is great for a corona vaccine (65% if about tops for the common flu), but 5% of 7.7 billion people is a lot of people. The world is going to have to live with lost lives from this new pathogen.

 

Addressing the virus will likely require both vaccines and treatment programs that use drugs which mitigate the worst effects or suppress the virus. Think of the latter like the drugs used to keep HIV at bay without ever actually curing it.

 

Yes, there is astonishing progress in vaccine development, but again, individual countries will decide what they are willing to risk and when. Thailand has been particularly cautious, and that has yielded benefits which the government may not want to put at risk.

A slight modification on the storage requirements for Moderna's vaccine:

"In a separate statement, Moderna stated that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate remains stable for 30 days at 2-degree Celsius to 8-degree Celsius, the temperature of a standard home or medical refrigerator. The company said mRNA-1273 remains stable at -20⁰ C (-4⁰F) for up to six months, at refrigerated conditions for up to 30 days and at room temperature for up to 12 hours. "  -20C is much easier to keep in transit than -75C.  BTW, liquid nitrogen is below -196C (when it starts to boil at 1 atm).  Maybe you were thinking of dry ice at about -78C at 1 atm.