Freee!!

That was nearly at the corner with Second Road.

Never had the pleasure, but I bit further down (or up given the incline) that soi there also used to be "Nice With Ice", providing a similar service. It didn't last long (next time I visited Pattaya it was gone).

Wrong, if they don't make (enough) money on it, they won't do it.

If in Thailand, I think I would consider using Krungsri Bank, aka Bank of Ayudhya, based on the majority shareholder (), with which I have good experiences.

Most U.S. banks are not pleasant to work with, also (and especially) for other banks. A worked at the Amsterdam office of two major (non-U.S.) international banks and in both cases the U.S. banks were the major source of problems.

More like an overstatement, if they could wank they wouldn't need squirt guns for the girls.

I started on that and I got to the point that I had a serious disconnect in the taxi on the way back to the airport when reading the road signs. Right on top of each other were two place names, the one on top larger than the one on the bottom. The top one read "กรุงเทพ" (Krung Thep), the bottom one read "Bangkok". It took me a moment before I realized both names referred to the same place.

That looks like an IP-ban to me. I suggest you contact a moderator or admin directly and give both the banned IP address and the working IP address (and don't post those in this thread).

I agree with you, especially with the "depending on the transliteration system". There have to be several transliteration systems, I can't use a Latin transliteration system from Thai when I am using the Greek or Cyrillic alphabet and I have to assume the one for Kanji is different as well. And taking into account the differences in pronunciation in different languages using the Latin alphabet, I'd say pick one that conforms most to your native language or favorite second language if there isn't an appropriate transliteration for your native language. I once started learning Thai using an English course and that was less than a perfect fit, although my English is good enough to fool most people into thinking I am a native speaker (I am Dutch born and bred).