Paradise Pete

That is my situation and plan as well. No reason to tell them, but if they see my many years of extensions and ask I don't think it would be a big deal to say it.

Yes, I've got a few days left, but I will try that if need be. My travel time is more than 24 hours, so my hope would be that the AQ gets me on the plane, and before I arrive the Test & Go approval happens. I'd hate to do a full quarantine, but at this point I'd take it if I had to.

Thanks. Some good info there. I have until Wednesday, so I still have hope, but I will closely follow his tweets and blog.

That's my expectation, but my hope was that the second application might get processed more quickly (or go into a different queue) by including a QR code. I expect to get approved. The question is will it be in time for my flight. Right now I'm halfway resigned to having to rebook everything.

Did you try typing? That often works any time a date is required, including this time.

I'm in the same situation. For what it's worth (which may be nothing) after applying without a QR code I submitted a second application using a QR code I got from these guys: https://www.gogetdoc.com/vaxyes. I'm still waiting on approval, and that QR code is probably not really worth much. I'm not recommending them, I'm just telling you what I did. If I receive approval I will of course post about it.

Exactly. It's become clear to the powers-that-be that we were barely smart enough to form civilization and aren't smart enough to be able to keep it, so they had to come up with a way to raise the average. This plan is a pandemic that will weed out those not smart enough to get vaccinated. Sure, there will be collateral damage, but that's the price of progress. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ /s

Exactly! I much prefer to get my health information from some fringe doctor who's saying what I want to hear. Who do these so-called expert virologists think they are anyway, just because they have years of training and decades of experience? Google is free. I'd explain further, but I have to go wait for JFK Jr. now.

Reasonable prices?

Meat is more risky, of course, but fruits and vegetables (produce) as well. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/food-poisoning/symptoms-causes/syc-20356230

It takes days for an infection to progress to the point of being detectable by the test. It's a trade-off between how much testing to require and the inconvenience/cost. To maximize safety they could require another test several days after arrival, which would detect an infection that occurred during travel.. To maximize convenience they could require no testing at all. There's no "correct" answer and this is what they've settled on.

1. Of course. 2. No. https://lmgtfy.app/?q=Moderna+Vaccine+Storage

Maybe that's due to the prevalence of the AZ vaccine, which doesn't do so well at preventing infection from Delta, but does a good job of keeping people from dying of it? Just my speculation.

Smart TVs can be cheaper than dumb ones, because the manufacturer expects to continue to profit in various ways as you use it. Creepy, I know.

It won't prevent me. And some consider me to be people.

Most people would. Whether they did it or not.

But it will if the infection occurred before travel but was not enough to test positive on the first test. There's always a gap, but this helps minimize it. Do I like it? Of course not, but I understand it.

I've received top notch healthcare in Thailand, including an angioplasty and OPLL surgery (a dangerous procedure). Both were expertly done.

I don't fear death, but it sure would be nice to know when he's coming.

My hole-in-one probably isn't in my top 40 best golf memories. It's a fluke. I hit a good shot, but nothing particularly special about it other than that it happened to roll in. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I booked my (cancelable) flight for mid-November. Waiting for the official rules before I do more than that. Not sure I count as a tourist though.

I think that's a fine plan. Let out the reel slowly, though, because in my experience as you get accustomed to a level of spending it's really hard to reel it back in. So let it out a notch at a time.

I've had one, also not visible from the tee. One member of our group who started walking as soon as I hit it did see it, but I didn't. I agree, not nearly the same as seeing it go in. I've witnessed a few holes in one, but the most amazing thing I've witnessed was albatrosses on consecutive days on the same par 5. For the second one, as we were approaching his ball, I told the golfer that I had seen someone hole out from about the same spot yesterday. And then he stepped up and did it.

That's what I do. I never touch it. It just (slowly) accumulates interest.

What tool is that?