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EventsMainMountain BikingSea Otter 2008

All the way from Germany-Thomas Paatz of Mtb-News.de

By RL Policar
April 18, 2008 1 Min Read
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Long time reader and founder of Mtb-News.de, Thomas Paatz walked into the Media Center at Sea Otter and quickly said hi to us. Just think of Thomas as the German equivalent of Francis Cebedo, founder of MTBR.com.

We chit chatted a bit and took some photos on the patio to document this momentous day.

Here’s our view of the event from the media center.

This is our “gangsta” pic. Yes, I’m rockin’ the Aviators. I think I’m going to change my name to a German name in honor of my new friend Thomas, my new name will be…… “Kaiser” According to Thomas, that means “emperor” and its actually higher ranking than a king…

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9 Comments
  1. Priscilla says:
    April 18, 2008 at 8:46 am

    That’s so cool!
    Watch out Moises – that hat is a chick magnet!!!

  2. Moe says:
    April 18, 2008 at 11:42 am

    and so are my $249 glasses!

  3. crossie says:
    April 18, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    YEAH!!
    mtb-news fo shizzle 😀

    representin’ germany. or something like that.

    have fun you guys 🙂

    cheers,
    crossie

  4. Jeremy says:
    April 21, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    Thomas was way cool. Great subtle sense of humor. I still can’t get over the fact that he picked up a carbon handlebar. ugh. If he had a carbon crank too, I woulda…

  5. Thomas says:
    April 22, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Hey Guys,
    it was cool to meet you and to hang out with you. See you for sure next year again.

    The handle bar was way to long – just shortened it:

    😉
    Thomas

  6. Thomas says:
    April 22, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    oh, no way to add images in the comments – see it here:
    http://fotos.mtb-news.de/photos/view/85311

  7. Jeremy says:
    April 22, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    too funny. haha.

  8. MR,John Williams says:
    December 18, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    Dear Friend,

    I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $800,000 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now.

    Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr.Wilson the Director of ECOBANK told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $800,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till next year 2009.

    What you have to do now is to contact UPS COURIER & SHIPPING COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you to avoid delay. For your information, I have paid for the Delivering charge and Insurance premium.

    The only money you will send to the UPS COURIER & SHIPPING COMPANY to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($98US) only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don’t be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $98 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they don’t know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact UPS COURIER & SHIPPING COMPANY now for thedelivery of your package with this information bellow;

    Directors Name: Dr.Barn Moon
    Tell Phone: +229-93-40-82-57
    Email Address:([email protected]

    Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $98.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

    Note this. The UPSCOURIER & SHIPPING COMPANY don’t know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of cloths. They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them know that box contents money ok.

    I am waiting for your urgent response.
    Yours BROTHER,
    MR,John Williams
    I

  9. RL Policar says:
    December 23, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Mr. John Williams.

    So you only need $98USD?

    Yours BROTHER!

    MR RL “Fo-shizzle” Policar

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