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Spot on. My kids had to go and get their ID cards changed from master to whatever the adult version is (khun?) when they reached 15 so they could open a bank account with an ATM card (a proper adult' account I guess).

I read a book called 'Plentiful Energy' promoting this type of cooling in the integral fast reactor which was around in the 1990's (co-written by 2 scientists who had worked on the project) . The whole program was very well advanced, and the technology was found to have numerous advantages over traditional water cooled reactors. Unfortunately it was cancelled by the Clinton administration of the time. There is a detailed discussion about the pros and cons of liquid sodium v. water cooling in it, which is very worth a read, along with the whole book in fact.

When I lived in Bangkok I used the 'real' Mitsubishi service department to fix my water pump a couple of time. Their service was excellent, the guy would come out with a pile of spares and fix it on the spot. Not expensive either, from memory. No idea if there is a branch in Pattaya, but might be worth a few minutes on google.

When I applied in 2006 (under the business category) my wife and baby son came with me on the various visits to immigration (Suan Plu in those days), and immigration asked for copies of the baby's birth certificate, which we supplied. A few months later I then had to go to the police hospital with my son to have a DNA test to prove I was actually his biological father!

My 17 year old son caught Dengue in April. He had hardly been out of the house (in Phrakhanong) let alone Bangkok for many months because of school remote learning. So yes, you can get it in Bangkok, and it is serious. He was in hospital for 5 nights, and for a time his temperature was over 40c. Very dangerous, and obviously very worrying at the time. Thankfully fully recovered and is fine now.

I did mine a few weeks back at CW in Bangkok, and everything is the same as it always was. 1. The two forms, with a photo on each. 2. The PR book. Blue for the first one, or white for subsequent ones if you have filled up the blue one. 3. The red 'police book' as we all seem to call it. 4. Your money! If I remember correctly I needed to take the tabian baan when I had filled my blue PR book and needed to get a replacement, but never for a regular re-entry visa. Still amused to be fingerprinted each time. And the huge old-fashioned ledgers still in use. Thailand as usual waiting to be dragged into somewhere near the modern world. Hope that helps.