Recent content by Kevin Brown

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    Attempted Scam

    This one has been getting me a lot the last several months. Sometimes 3-4 times a day. Always a robo-call, and the first few months it was annoying: When I'd say hello, "she" would act like she couldn't hear me before blaming her headset, then let me know that since I stayed at one of their...
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    Help me blow 5 more grand on aviation

    I'm guessing it comes from a few election cycles ago. "Grassroots movement" has been around a long, long time. A few years ago, one side or the other taunted their opponents by calling the other side's movement "AstroTurf"; in other words, fake.
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    Cutting the cable TV cord

    We cut the cable about two years ago. We also found ourselves watching pretty much just the shows we recorded with the DVR. In fact,we were "binge-watching" episodes before we knew it was a thing! It got to the point that we realized we were paying over $250 per month for just DirecTV (!) We...
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    New Guy in Arizona

    I just might take you up on that! Funny story, I always though Stellar Airpark was a private strip. I drove by it for years and years from the back seat to the front and just assumed it was. It wasn't until I was recently messing around with skyvector that I learned it was just an...
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    New Guy in Arizona

    I'm currently in the Valley, Queen Creek area. Moving up the road in March when our new house is done. Right down the road from Gateway.
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    New Guy in Arizona

    Hello all! My name is Kevin and I'm an aspiring pilot. I've wanted to fly since as early as I can remember. Plans early on to be an Astronaut (!), following a career as a Naval Aviator (I was 14 when Top Gun came out). Those plans derailed when I discovered Calculus (and realized how hard it...
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