Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Question for Jim

From: DOPR Dragon <dopr5dragon_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 20:03:35 -0700


I hang out with Wolf the First a lot more then I do Mitch himself, but Wolf
is a trove of stories, so yes...I've heard the legends...and some of them
are true!

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Scrapper Black Dragon
<scrapperbd_at_yahoo.com>wrote:

>
>
> Speaking with Paul Kidd (author), who has hung out with Mitch on many
> occasions, it seems Mitch is a bit of a target for jokes, of all types.
>
> A silly pun that came to mind the other day; those who are a fan of the
> Jaguar automobile will know of the 'leaper' - the leaping Jaguar bonnet
> (hood) mascot. I recently purchased an original leaper (most available for
> sale are copies) mounted on a block of polished onyx stone. Thinking about
> the pose of the leaper also lends thoughts to "Leaper on Onyx" - sort of
> thing I could imagine David Siegl drawing...
>
> Scrapper, Black Dragon, owner of a black Jaguar 420G with wire wheels.
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/5/11, jmhcustomart2004 <a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> It was sort of a pun. Mitch had lived in a place called "Onyx" for awhile,
> but was moving out to another town/city around the time that picture was
> drawn. It was signifying he was leaving Onyx, although in reality it was the
> town, and not the individual.
>
> --JMH
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, DOPR Dragon <dopr5dragon_at_...> wrote:
>
> > Hey Jim, I was looking through some old (ooooold) pics and found a back >
> forth between you and Mitch Beiro. Mitch is walking off with a smugly
>
> > beaming Minerva (with a brand new shiny ring), while Onyx sits on a
> barrel crying for him.
>
>
>
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