I also have heard of guys injecting it into gelcaps in the proper dosage and just swallow them. That makes it easier and you done have to taste that nasty shit.
Sounds like a long time to me too bro. I got some stuff from South America and although it took three weeks to get it from the time they said they had sent it, in all actuality the date stamped on the package was only one week prior to the time I had received it.
I would be curious as to know this too. I recently received some Norma Deca and the lot# and ex date are almost identical. Mine does not have the blue silk screening and I have been told by some that they went with a different vial for certain lot#'s and are real. I got them from a good source...