Freee!!

5 hours ago, fygjam said:

Not Thailand but Indonesia although I'd be surprised if they don't do something similar in Thailand. In Thailand they would probably only need one motorcycle.

Two, using sidecars.

4 hours ago, maipenrai said:

We also had dire warnings in several online sources of stiff penalties for those caught with "water cannons", yet on the last day I saw a vendor of same walk right by a cop who didn't even look at him - gotta love it. 

But that vendor wasn't using them. You could even have bought one right next to that cop without any problems, those would have only come if/when you started to use it in that location. Buying one to use the next day at the beach was and is perfectly fine.

11 minutes ago, Butch said:

Yep that's right. Didn't really spend too much time downstairs though...😇

Did I get the location right?. I'm pretty sure it was next door to the PO but tbh my memory is pretty vague of the area.

I'd say it was closer to the corner with 2nd Road (the PO is about in the middle of the street if I remember correctly).

4 minutes ago, Butch said:

I thought Nice with Ice was upstairs just next door to the Post Office. FWIW Pumpstation is still there, or at least it was 2 weeks ago lol.

Downstairs was a "normal" bar, the special services were upstairs.

9 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

With the defamation laws such as they are here, I wouldn't want to push it beyond a verbal exchange.

Why do you think I included that "nearly". As far as I am concerned, she can wonder till the end of her days about the sudden drop in numbers.

8 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

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She also lost our future custom as we'll be sure to avoid her bar going forward.

She lost a lot more future custom as a lot more people read this and remember. I would nearly recommend somebody drop her a link to this thread and more specifically your post (and the reactions to it).

12 minutes ago, Smiler said:

So what’s the protocol in these establishments……. Do you keep your socks on??👀

I wouldn't know, never wore socks going into them (but I kept my shoes on).

27 minutes ago, Stillearly said:

Wasn't it originally called "Nice with Ice" ( or was that another place in the same Soi ... )  the girls used to specialise in hot / cold BJs 

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).

1 hour ago, Proffesor said:

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My impression of the High-street banks "if it ain't simple, they can't do it !"

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.

5 hours ago, Glasseye said:

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It's the U.S. banks I'm talking about. 

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.

1 minute ago, Glasseye said:

"Wankers". An understatement mate.

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

1 hour ago, Zambo said:

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I have never attempted to read and write Thai - seems a bit tricky.

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.