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We will have to go, in a couple of weeks, to renew my extension because of marriage.

I know past years, the wife had to go very early to get a queue number.

What is it like these days? any personal experiences for getting an extension by reason of marriage would be appreciated.

Something's happening here...

What it is ain't eggs-ackley clear.

are you an eggs ackley fan? not too many folks out here remember him

The only place i know that has turkeys available is CM Smokehouse.

Mike, the owner, did a massive turkey round up and bought up every turkey he could find a few months ago

and has them in deep freeze.

Check his FB page... running about 6 kilos each, but a few 9 kilos left. Page say 600 baht/kilo, so that is a fair pricing

and he is not price gouging.

He will provide roasted or smoked turkeys... i reserved one yesterday.

Seems like a very high price to me. If my math is correct, that's $8.50 USD per pound. No way I would pay $170 USD for a 20 pound turkey.

i agree.. it is a high price to pay... desperate times call for desperate measures. We are planning a party of about 40 people, so we will get a smallish turkey and then 2 baked honey glazed hams... for the meat side of things. Not gonna be cheap, but it is only once a year.

You say 600b/kilo is fair pricing and then say it is a high price to pay. How much would you usually pay for turkey in Chiang Mai? 600b/kilo is about 70% more than I paid for cooked turkey last year.

It is a high price... i say it is fair because i cannot find anything else in town... if he wanted, he could charge more and there are plenty of people with deep pockets that want that turkey... at any price. So to me, that price is better than not having turkey at all. How much i believe is a "fair price" is a subjective perception and not much to debate about. If someone can find me more turkeys, at a cheaper price, i will be happy to buy one or two of those also... expecting a large crew for this years party.

The only place i know that has turkeys available is CM Smokehouse.

Mike, the owner, did a massive turkey round up and bought up every turkey he could find a few months ago

and has them in deep freeze.

Check his FB page... running about 6 kilos each, but a few 9 kilos left. Page say 600 baht/kilo, so that is a fair pricing

and he is not price gouging.

He will provide roasted or smoked turkeys... i reserved one yesterday.

Seems like a very high price to me. If my math is correct, that's $8.50 USD per pound. No way I would pay $170 USD for a 20 pound turkey.

i agree.. it is a high price to pay... desperate times call for desperate measures. We are planning a party of about 40 people, so we will get a smallish turkey and then 2 baked honey glazed hams... for the meat side of things. Not gonna be cheap, but it is only once a year.

The only place i know that has turkeys available is CM Smokehouse.

Mike, the owner, did a massive turkey round up and bought up every turkey he could find a few months ago

and has them in deep freeze.

Check his FB page... running about 6 kilos each, but a few 9 kilos left. Page say 600 baht/kilo, so that is a fair pricing

and he is not price gouging.

He will provide roasted or smoked turkeys... i reserved one yesterday.

agreed... you are not going to get the ease/ability to watch shows on HBO the way you would expect elsewhere in the world (like USA or Europe).

Many folks just use torrent sites, download and watch at their leisure - with all commercials removed - a much better solution for me.

If you are going to stream shows, make sure you connection is up to it. Many dsl connections are fine - until school lets out and the workday ends and many folks

return to their computers at home. Or, during thai holidays when the kids are always at home and sucking down bandwidth.

several friend of mine got tired of buffering and simply upgraded to the lowest level fiber optic package available in the area and

now watch what they want in perfect peace.

good luck

wow.. you were absolutely right... i just have my machine locked down so tight that those were not active buttons for me. I loosened up my security and they went live and i was indeed able to print and save my "next appointment"...

That's good and crucial information. Did not think their software is so messed up that it interferes with ones security settings.

well, certain things i use, like ghostery and adblocker plus DO give several websites fits because they don't allow "widgets" which are necessary to load successive pages or they block the pop-ups which would normally direct you to the "next" page... that is (i believe) the real issue for me.

I don't mind loosening up for a few clicks or adjusting the settings just for a particular website if I can avoid going to immigration office or having to run to the post office...

thanks, but been there and done that.. still no "white page" equivalent...just the full info page

see attached file

when it says: Approved, in the application status... does that mean the application was approved and accepted?

or does it also mean the 90 day report has been successfully approved?

My status is approved, but i dont get a page where i can print out a similar document to what i would obtain if i walked or mailed in.

Last april i did online and i got notification and taken to a page to print out and place in the passport... no such thing yet this time.

it has been 3 days since i got "approved".

Did you get an e-mail with a reference number or a reference number when the approval showed? If you go to https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn90online/online/tm47/TM47Action.do?cmd=acceptTerm and click on Check The Status of your application you can enter the reference number there or try the other tab to enter your passport details to see if the approval information shows up.

yes, get the reference number, put it into that page and still get taken to a page that just says "approved" in the upper right... and shows all the details of my filing... but not the typical "white paper" that tells you when your next 90 day report is due.

when it says: Approved, in the application status... does that mean the application was approved and accepted?

or does it also mean the 90 day report has been successfully approved?

My status is approved, but i dont get a page where i can print out a similar document to what i would obtain if i walked or mailed in.

Last april i did online and i got notification and taken to a page to print out and place in the passport... no such thing yet this time.

it has been 3 days since i got "approved".

well, India is rumored to be offering generic Harvoni in December - which, if it happens will be good news for many of us.

But right now, you can go to Bangladesh and buy it at a pharmacy.

Has anyone done this? I did usual google searchs and cannot find and reports from real patients and real results.

but maybe i missed something...

any help out there on this issue?

i have a good friend travelling to China in a couple of weeks and he said he would be happy to receive the appropriate APIs from mesochem in China for me and bring back to Thailand IF and only IF i can insure him that it is legal for him to transport into thailand.

He does not fear being able to leave China with the drugs.. it is coming into Thailand. Does anyone have information re: current laws concerning bringing

36 grams of sofosbuvir and 5 grams of daclatasvir into thailand?

there is a company in china (mesochem) that is manufacturing the APIs that can be combined for successful treatment of HepC.

They quoted me:

any more news of availability of Harvoni in thailand? CM in particular?

I checked many online HepC blogs and some folks are purchasing the two components out of China, but as powders and then having

to mix into capsules themselves.

Still no news (that i can find) re: generic harvoni out of india...

lets be clear here.. online reporting (for 90 day report) is a different animal than the online queue system (currently defunct) which served to make

appts. for things like extensions of visa to stay based on retirement or marriage and such...

afaik, the online report system is still working, the other, not so much = not at all

google Michael Tan, Chiang Mai... he might be what you need. He has been here a long time and has an excellent reputation. A bit pricier than

regular thai massage, but some say, you get what you pay for.

we have 4G LTE from true on our samsung note 3. We have clocked speeds north of 16 Mbps...

in theory, it can give you up to 27 Mbps.

numerous FB pages to advertise your secondhand goods... i sell stuff on those sites all the time.

Surprised to see that no one has mentioned the pickles that Mike sells at Chiang Mai Smokehouse.. they can be excellent.

the only ones i had that were not superb were ones that had not "cured" long enough. A couple of weeks in the fridge brought them

right up to expectation.

JIB in panthip or central festval... bought many computers for/with friends there the last few years... never a problem

went back today and took about 40 minutes to get queue number, wait and be processed.

My process did NOT include providing a house/condo lease or my drivers license...

there was not request for any proof of residence.

one other thing i forgot... one of the women working the "check documents" desk saw a falang, dressed in what might be called

a jogging outfit. Thin, bright colored, quite short shorts and a singlet type of shirt.

She politely told him that he needed to dress more appropriately and just short of asked him to leave.

Went to Promenada today at 3:30 pm to do my 90 day report. Learned a few things...

There is an outside desk that says "retirement visa check documents"

well, since i was not doing retirement visa i walked past that desk and stood in line inside in front of the 90 day report desk.

Once i got to the desk, i was told that i need to go to document check and get a queue number

Went to document check desk outside and was told - no more queue for today. Come back tomorrow... this is now 3:40pm - REALLY?

so i went back to the inside desk, once again asked them to process, they told me no queue number, no process.

Then the lady kindly took my passport, checked my dates and said come back any time later this week... and smiled very nicely

and said: all full.

No pics? Did anyone attend the ceremony?