An Afternoon With Kitty Malone
and yes, she survived it.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 by starkers | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Well after a couple of years, and with some trepidation, I might add, Kitty Malone yesterday plucked up the courage to drive down the highway to visit mrs starkers and I.
Now, before I go any further, I must stress, this trepidation was not over finally meeting mrs starkers. Nope, it was related to my love and avid consumtion of curried cabbage... buckets of it, and the possible after-effect of lunch and/or the previous night's meal.
Fortunately, that was not an issue and a pleasant afternoon was enjoyed by all.... tho Kitty did express her concern and said she had packed a gas mask just in case. Thing is, I knew the night befote that it was going to be a particularly hot day, and I didn't want to exacerbate that, so I abstained from curried cabbage and turned on the air-con early so we'd be more comfortable. And just as well I did... it got up to 45c outside.
Anyway, it was quite pleasant inside, and once the initial getting to know each other was do we had a rather enjoyable afternoon. While Kitty and Shaunna (mrs starkers) initially chatted between themselves (with me adding bits here and there), I added a 1tb drive to Kitty's Vista PC and partitioned it for her. I then re-installed XP, thus allowing her to skin for XP again... and when her Win 7 upgrade disc arrives, there's a pre- named and formatted partition ready for it.
Hehe, I mightn't be a WB skinner, but now I can now say that I had a hand in some of the best WB's to grace the pages of WC... cos I tinkered with Kitty's machine. Seriously though, I enjoyed helping out... not to mention getting to play with an Intel i7 based machine for the first time.... very nice, very nice indeed, but I digress
Although I had spoken with Kitty over the phone and enjoyed our conversations, I must admit that she is not like I imagined she would be. For one, there was no Goth get-up and no jet-black hair, spikey or otherwise... no Medieval tattoos or upside-down crosses for earrings. In a way I was a bit disappointed... it's a bit quiet around here and I thought a bit of true Goth might get a bit of neighbourhood gossip or something going, but no such luck. Nobody blinked an eye and it's the samo, samo here today.
And another thing, I was hoping that Kitty would roar into our street with a rod straight out of the Munsters, but nope, no such luck there, either. What we got was an average little sedan in white... in white fer crying out loud (fer a Goth girl,?) with pink 'Hello Kitty' seat covers. Now that ain't a car that any self-respecting Goth girl would be seen dead in, so yeah, I was somewhat disappointed that Kitty turned out to be Ms Pleasantly Spoken, Clean-Cut and Average. A lovely, lovely girl, I might add, but not the Goth shocker I had hoped would liven up our quiet little street some.
What's more, she didn't even have the obligatory broomstick in the trunk, her alternative means of transport in case of car trouble, but oh well, I suppose being a member of the auto club is the next best thing.
Seriously, though, it was a most pleasant afternoon and Kitty's visit was the highlight of our week and more. It was fun and entertaining, but more to the point, we immensely enjoyed having her here.
Thanks, Kitty, for a very lovely afternoon. 
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Reply #22 Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:27 PM
Reply #23 Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:54 PM
Jafo, do you live near twintowns?
lol@ hello kitty wb, if that happened it would turn out to be a macarbre twisted version.
Reply #24 Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:06 PM
Even then , knowing my luck, I'd probably end up in Wolf Creek or somewhere...
I would luv to meet you in person one day fuzzeh....but you have to promise to cook me bangers and mash for my din dins.....
im gonna have to start saving, i want to meet so many people....i betta buy a digicam too so i have proof i actually met these cool people..............
Reply #25 Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:17 PM
Had that yesterday. Proper bangers, proper mash and proper gravy. Mmmm (licks chops).
Reply #26 Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:31 PM
omg stop rubbing it in!!!! i luv bangers and mash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its cause of doc that im exersicing now, yes he finally got me off my ass to go walking! what a guy! gonna keep doing it too!
coke is gone, but these are times of sacrifice......(quoting john barrymore)
Reply #27 Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:40 PM
Kitty....I'm about a ten minute walk from where the Melbourne Cup is run .....
Reply #28 Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:51 PM
awsomes....ill deffinatley come for a visit in the future...next year for sure,
Reply #29 Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:40 PM
Hey! Anyone ever wanna just shoot the shit your more than welcome to send me your number and we can have chat! I have vonage phone service so I can call just about anywhere in the world for nothing. 
Just make sure your dressed when I call! 
Reply #30 Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:05 PM
Not so. You are the one doing the right thing, No mash nor gravy for you. Bangers? All you want.
I can offer advice...but you're doing the hard part....and I'm proud of you!
Reply #32 Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:28 PM
I f you want to head down here to go to the cup...you'd be welcome to stay here...but I'm really not into horses...gambling...sport of kings is the ruination of the working class...so I'll never go to a 'race of nags'....
Reply #33 Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:55 PM
For you, Ed, I'd move to Buckingham Palace. Hehe.... imagine that! The only problem we might encounter is the corgis jumping up and pinching snags (sausages) off the barbie.
Ed, I'll be sending you a PM in a moment to organise another... check your inbox and get back to me, ok.
I am very happy for you, Ed.... jazzymjr is a very lovely lady, and I'm sure she is excellent company for you.
Yup, knowing him, he'd turn up in a F1 or a Super V8 Touring car. I can see it now... tearing into our street and lifting the tarmac like Roadrunner does in the cartoons. There again, he might turn up on his trusy treadlie (pushbike he built)... and I'll know straight away who it is...
... can't mistake that unmistakable helmet of his, can I!
Reply #34 Friday, November 20, 2009 12:53 AM
While the zebra pants would be a must-see, I'd love to meet Zubaz for many reasons... chiefly for himself, because he's a great guy with a heart of gold.
As for so many peope here, well yeah, I can think of dozens... no, hundreds I'd love to meet... even the great Frogboy himself. Now that'd be something.. along with all the crew at Stardock.
Jafo!!!! You lucky, lucky bastard!!!
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Actually, a big bash for WCer wouldn't be so far fetched. If somebody with the resources (Frogboy, are you listening) were to charter a couple of big jets to go around to designated pick-up airports around the world, it could be possible, and cheaper than going through regular airlines/travel agents. Travelers would reimburse the benefactor (Frogboy, are you listening) by way of a nominal fare to cover the actual costs of the charter and landing rights, etc.
Shoot, we could even hire out the Woodstock grounds and have musically gifted WCers, like Po, to throw us a concert.
Yeah, I know, it's just a pipe dream... but wouldn't it be luvverly.
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btw, Shaunna...the reason men love to BBQ is it puts us back in the hunter/provider role...and the fire is a religious experience...getting in touch with the inner genetic man.BTW
Mark, don't let the outer "genetic man" get in touch with the BBQ or you may really have a religious experience.
Not a problem, Ed! This 'outer genetic man' made sure he got a BBQ with no naked flames. 
Hope everybody likes their steaks rare... 
Nah, all naked flames are above waist high and quite safe... cos heavy air (in this case, gas) sinks. 
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I dunno you wanna do that., Kitty.. like cracked lenses n all. Not saying anyone here is ugly or anything, but some faces can do that.
It's like the time I was out with my first wife and I noticed all these women looking at me. I mentioned it to her and said that it must be because I have the kind of face that turns womens heads
She instantly quipped: "And you don't do their stomachs any good, either.
Reply #35 Friday, November 20, 2009 1:29 AM
Uh...now why would I wanna do that.?? ... 'gas' gets me into more than enough trouble as it is.
Nah, seriously, it'd be great to catch up with you.... Friday morning (your time) alright to give you a bell????
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Same here and glad you feel that way. Going to the cricket at the MCG is one thing, but they'd actually have to pay me (big, big bickies) to go to the Melbourne Cup... no point, I don't/won't bet on horses. In fact, I don't gamble on anything... period. I don't have the luck. knack, good fortune or whatever you call it. Besides, I've seen gambling tear marriages and families apart (it's worse than alcohol in some ways) and I won't be a party to it.
There is one thing, however, I would have had a bet on. That would have been for lil Johnny to have lost the last election (being I'm not fortuitous at gambling) just to see the back of the mongrel.
Reply #36 Friday, November 20, 2009 10:39 AM
Glad you had a great day with Mark Kitty. Meeting people face to face after long web relationships is truly fun.
I must have missed the diet advice Doc was givng you during one of my recent absences. I'm glad your hard work is paying off dear. Stay healthy. Oh, and I dare you to share pics of you in a dress. I think most of us imagined you as Mark did.
Reply #37 Friday, November 20, 2009 11:05 AM
Forgot this bit in the OP! I also imagined Kitty would have vampy teeth protruding menacingly from the corners of her mouth, but no, those weren't there, either... not even a fake pair to keep with the Goth/vamp image. Like I said, it was a bit disappointing...
I was hoping to scare the crapper out of a couple of cheeky neighbourhood kids with those teeth, but that didn't eventuate, either.
Oh well, not to worry... I think those pink 'Hello Kitty' car seat covers might've done the trick. 
Reply #38 Friday, November 20, 2009 11:14 AM
Oh yeah, WG, I tried calling but got your answering machine... I left a message but don't know if it took. Got some weird message afterwards about keying in a password??? Never come across that before.. 
I'll try again... maybe Saturday morning (my time) Friday evening your time, if things work out time-wise.
Reply #39 Friday, November 20, 2009 4:20 PM
I seriously considered going to a dentist and having that done for real a few years back...........
Reply #40 Friday, November 20, 2009 4:32 PM
OK..... you're scaring me now!! 
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Reply #21 Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:41 PM
Same here, Doc... same here. To have had you two geezers here would have been most excellent... an event of Biblical proportions, me thinks.
Thing is, we only got a small place, and I don't think it'd hold all the WCers I/we'd love to have here.... there's just so many of you.Well Cap'n, with my current size I think you and the Mrs. might have to move to the neighbors just for me to have room. I'm really glad you had such a great visit, You and I have had a couple of great phone calls. I only wish finances allowed more at present. I know so many of us would love to be able to visit our friends. I am very lucky to only live about 10 miles from jazzymj and we get together from time to time for coffee and of course skinning talk. Hey Mark, I think Jafo might show up in something cranked up for the road.
Too right! I'd love to see WG and BoXXi there too...So many folks I want to see there....and don't forget Zubaz...if only to see those pants!
Hey Ed, I think you may be right there buddy
Hey Mark, I think Jafo might show up in something cranked up for the road.
Turns out Kitty's idea about a huge bash is right on! "Wouldn't it be loverly?" as Eliza sang.
btw, Shaunna...the reason men love to BBQ is it puts us back in the hunter/provider role...and the fire is a religious experience...getting in touch with the inner genetic man.