BS recently lost his ID card (again!!!) Last time it happened it meant a trip up north to home town to get a new one., This tiome however he had enough papers with him to get it done here in Pattaya, and I noticed that the nice bright new card had his name and date of birth in English as well as Thai, so it is easy now to check ages. Of course not everyone will have the new cards yet, but gradually they will take over.