NoKipple - Official Thread

[ColdStorage]

Looks like a great Sunday. Makes me wish I had something in my Humidor for tonight. To bad the nearest supply is a 15 mi drive...

 

What is your wife wearing? They look nice...!

[Foxy2]

Nice updates - keep going!

[hectic]

You're a classy dude, TVS.

 

 

yup it had to happen

 

 

 

[tvshooter]

Hey CS, those are PBJ005's.  

 

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went down to a small North Carolina town today.  the kind that has a three/four block main street that has decayed to almost nothing.  lots of cool old buildings and stuff and such.  i walked around after lunch imagining what the town must have been like 50 years ago, before strip malls came along.  talked to one business owner who said basically the local politicians suck.  people from outside the area purchased the buildings years ago with no intention of restoring them, just use them as a tax write off.

 

 

 

 

 

then i crossed the tracks

 

 

 

 

i wonder what buildings like this were used for

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tvshooter]

 

 

 

 

 

 

gang disrespect

 

 

 

think someone lives in this alleyway

 

 

just as i was finishing my walk i hear this thumpin and roaring...looked up and this sick whip was blazin down main street.  my daydreaming was abruptly over.

 

 

 

[tvshooter]

on the way outta town passed by a few old motels.  the kind my parents would crash at back in the late 70's when we would drive down to see my crazy relatives in Florida.

 

 

 

 

i hear there might be more snow again later this week?!  at this point, yeah, just bring it.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

this is always a great start into my day. a fresh update from TVS! Thanks man!

[Megatron1505]

Totally agree b_F, love these updates.

[Seul]

Crazy cool pics

[Megatron1505]

The NoKipple Spring Sale has just begun, there will be further reductions later in the week.

[themexican]

Loving these updates! 

[Megatron1505]

Ok, time to do this properly as photo bucket seems to have screwed up my original post 

 

The NoKipple Spring Sale has just begun, with reductions on several items across the range. Keep checking back for further reductions later in the week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://nokipple.com/collections/sale

Edited March 11, 2014 by Megatron1505

[tvshooter]

great day today.  awesome weather.  work was a breeze.  didn't really do anything exciting but i did get off a little early so i went and picked up the Quinnster for dinner.  took the tour jeans to a Norfolk landmark.  one of those places you just have to do if you ever visit this little town.

 

 

 

i stole this off their website- 

 

At the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Abe Doumar was struck by great inspiration. A traveling salesman, Abe spent his days selling paperweights to fairgoers. One evening, he noticed that an ice cream stand had to close when they ran out of paper dishes, the primary way of selling ice cream to go. Nearby, another salesman was cooking up waffles on single-iron waffle maker and selling his creations, garnished with a dollop of whip cream.  On a whim, Abe bought a waffle, rolled it into a cone and topped it with ice cream. The result: the delicious and unforgettable combination of the warm sweetness of a fresh waffle and smooth ice cream. Abe diplomatically proposed that the ice cream vendor and waffle salesman collaborate so that the ice cream stand could continue operating. For the rest of the fair, Abe sold ice cream in the world’s first waffle cones.

 

you can read the rest here-  http://www.doumars.com/history/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tvshooter]

we opted to do curbside dining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

two bbq sandwiches, grilled cheese, fries, choc shake and a sweet tea.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tvshooter]

 

 

 

 

 

good ole George

 

 

not sure who wrote this but it's how i approach denim tours.  ok, not really.  (google'd it.  Calvin Coolidge)

 

 

 

[Vulcan]

Very nice, I'm loving your photo journals tvshooter!

[hectic]

Yeah, great narrative.

 

Meh, the UK has got so much catch-up to do in terms of fast food gloriousness. There is definitely a swingeing miserlyness in portion control here that is only just started to go away.

[Maynard Friedman]

Of course, our fast food consumers are almost wasting away due to miserly state-enforced portion control in a bid to make us all healthy, the fascists!

[hectic]

^ heh, I meant in general, catering parsimony was the default state up until recently. 

 

"Want more ketchup? Fuck you, that's another quid for a sachet" etc.

[tvshooter]

went on a stroll again.  i was stuck covering a court case all day so I didn't have much to do.  this is the "downtown" or the lower area of Newport News.  most of this area consist of the Newport News Shipyard, coal shipping facilities and city administration buildings.  

 

 

 

 

the shipyard is where our aircraft carriers are built along with nuclear submarines.  the  ship in the foreground (tower to the left) is the decommissioned USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.  They are taking that apart. The tower to the left is the Gerald R. Ford which is still unde

r construction.

 

 

 

 

 

almost fell over this cliff going to take pic's of the ships

 

 

scouted this pool nearby.  needs some skaters!

 

 

this is the old library which is still in use.  

 

 

Edited March 13, 2014 by tvshooter

[appfaff]

Awesome updates Shooter!  Always fun to see my old stomping ground where I spent a few years as a kid

[tvshooter]

trying to lure people to come back and live down here.  most folks come to work at the shipyard.  many are civilians but there's also Navy folks assigned to a ship that work at the yard too.

 

 

one of the greasy spoons near the shipyard

 

 

new

 

 

directly behind me from the above pic

 

 

new shipyard apprentice school.  

 

 

Newport News Victory Arch.  Built in 1919 and rebuilt in 1962, it's a memorial to those that served during Wars.

 

 

 

i love this Post Office.  wish it wasn't so tucked away in a lousy part of town.  really needs to be seen more by the public.

 

 

and proof that I'm still rockin the tour jeans!

 

Edited March 13, 2014 by tvshooter

[Megatron1505]

Great as always man.

[HoustonChris]

Many, many years ago, my aunt got married to a Naval officer who was stationed there.  The ceremony was in a historic old church that was close enough to the harbor to have been shelled by the British in 1812.  I remember my aunt pointing out a cannonball that was still embedded in the bell tower.  Your town's got great history...

[tvshooter]

Good thing you mentioned that Church HC.  I drive past it everyday going to work. Saint Paul's Church.  It's in downtown Norfolk. Stopped by on my way home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the Cannonball Wall!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tvshooter]

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaking of church's,  I went to a funeral today for a friend who's dad passed away.  also, it was pretty uneventful day workwise.  i did return another tours stuff.

 

 

then chewed on some of this-

 

 

crossed the tracks

 

 

and took some waywt's

 

Edited March 14, 2014 by tvshooter

[HoustonChris]

OK, so I had the wrong war and the wrong part of the church, but awesome!

[summ3rhays]

Loving the updates tvshooter!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Thanks again Aaron!

[tvshooter]

thanks guys i appreciate all the positive comments!  today i had a presser to go to.  that's short for a press conference.  had something to do with transportation. . .

 

 

this is my friend Bono.  he works at the other station, but we watch UFC fights together.  he was great wrestler in high school.

 

 

this woman, with the state road agency, sat on my Trophy Jacket.     really?

 

 

this was def a highlight today.  been wanting to check this place out for awhile.  it's pretty much take out cause they mostly do catering, but they have one table.  the owner was stoked that we came by and hooked us up, free lunch!   why i haven't been here sooner i don't know, food was great!

 

 

Hi Seul!!!!!  sorry i'm eating your friends.  :-/

 

 

 

i wish i took a pic of my partners food.  he got the smoked brisket.  i got the pulled pork w slaw on top.  the sauces were excellent too.  

 

 

i left nothing!

 

 

later n the day we went to the Greening of Ghent.  St. Patty's day celebration in the Ghent area of Norfolk.  they close down the street to party.