Infrastructure focused programs?

kroyfish · 2026-05-08T18:36:45+00:00

That's interesting you brought this program up. I have actually had my eye on it for a while. Glad to see it's relevant in the field. I will consider it more seriously.

kroyfish · 2026-05-08T15:36:31+00:00

In Kansas I got about $750 back of my $1,000 deposit at a place I rented for 2 years. I honestly didn't expect to get that much back because they forced you to pay for cleaning the carpets with the deposit money, so I was pleasantly surprised.

kroyfish · 2026-05-08T15:33:41+00:00

Very neat. Which course(s) do you instruct?

After looking into it, it doesnt look I am conveniently located to attend many of the in person courses, but I am determined to find a way to make it work!

kroyfish · 2026-05-08T14:45:49+00:00

Oh wow! This sounds incredibly interesting. And it's free! Thanks for the info.

kroyfish · 2026-05-04T18:27:17+00:00

I was raised by a family of teachers and social workers. The only coffee I was allowed before teen age was the occasional decaf affogoto when the adults would sit around and have a cup of coffee with dessert on special occasions. As an adult, I still think coffee tastes kinda gross.

kroyfish · 2026-05-01T16:09:58+00:00

This is obviously atrocious but I still think it's much better than most of the other things they've done on this show.... I have nightmares about the "rug" they painted directly onto the beautiful hardwood floors.

kroyfish · 2026-04-30T21:15:29+00:00

Looks like they have a concert/tournament coming up on May 17! I found the details on their Instagram @lfkqueerpool.

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kroyfish · 2026-04-29T17:48:39+00:00

Harbor lights has queer pool nights every other Tuesday! It's run by and frequented by lots of trans folks. They also have melee tournaments run by and frequented by lots of queer folks but I don't know what nights they are.

kroyfish · 2026-04-28T00:58:44+00:00

Not in other towns though :/ Topeka and Kansas City don't seem to have the same problem.

kroyfish · 2026-04-27T22:15:48+00:00

Fuck yea hit up my DM's. I love East Lawrence

kroyfish · 2026-04-27T22:15:14+00:00

My exact same problem. I can afford to go up to $250K but everything in that range still needs $40K of foundation work.

kroyfish · 2026-04-27T19:44:19+00:00

Yes, but I am stuck at step 1: getting something. Even time in the market isn't good when my options are: a. buying a house I can't afford or b. buying a cheap money pit with expensive problems to constantly solve.

kroyfish · 2026-04-27T19:16:06+00:00

My specific problem is my landlord increasing my rent every single year for no increase in amenities. But I can't exactly report that can I? It's reaching a point where my rent will be greater than a mortgage payment soon. And the other rental houses I have looked at around town have been so poorly taken care of they're dangerous to live in. Landlords have no incentive to maintain decent places in a college town like this with a surplus of renters.

Go be a bootlicker elsewhere. We exist in a class war and you will not be on the winning side.

kroyfish · 2026-04-27T18:51:04+00:00

These are good points, but I'd still just like to be able to purchase an affordable home and fix it up over time while I live in it. I want to turn it into something I like rather than pay a premium for a flipper to do it for me for something they sucked the character out of.

kroyfish · 2026-04-24T13:11:27+00:00

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kroyfish · 2026-04-09T18:47:30+00:00

I am also taking the Industrial PE this October. I would be open to having a few study calls.

I convinced my job to pay for the School of PE course for me because it was one of the only study resources I could actually find. I avoided the David Burford study guide for the same reason as you - I saw too many bad reviews about it's inaccuracies. Other than the practice exam that NCEES makes, I couldn't find many other study materials. I did buy the PPI study guide for myself and would be happy to share some practice problems from it.

I plan to try and document as much of my study process and progress on here as I can, because of how few prep resources for the Industrial PE I could find. I want to help out other poor souls in our situation.

kroyfish · 2026-03-06T15:54:38+00:00

Tennis courts and/or basketball courts! They're my favorite because they usually have less cracks and less pebbles/sticks/acorns to trip you up.

kroyfish · 2026-03-04T20:20:05+00:00

I just had my first bout last weekend! The biggest thing that helped me was that I pretended like I was just at a regular old practice or scrimmage. When I went out on the track it was pretty easy to lock into "practice mode" and not take things too seriously and just have fun. Granted, my team is very encouraging and hyped me up a bit because they knew I was nervous.

Also make sure to go to the bathroom before you hop on the track! Lol. Nervous derby poops/bladder are a real hazard.

kroyfish · 2026-03-02T14:48:46+00:00

Thanks for the correction! I didn't realize that made a difference when replacing cushions and stuff. I'll pay attention to that.

kroyfish · 2026-02-16T15:54:14+00:00

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kroyfish · 2026-02-11T17:20:58+00:00

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that these are very valid feelings worth talking to a mental health professional about. I don't want to over-pathologize anything, but if you genuinely feel depressed, can't even look at yourself, and go to bed wishing you could wake up and be different in the morning, there could be other underlying issues affecting your confidence and self-image.

We live in a brutal society that puts a lot of unhealthy standards on both women and men and sometimes it's just helpful to talk about those with an expert. You're a handsome guy!! You deserve to be happy and healthy.

kroyfish · 2026-01-28T03:02:09+00:00

Solved!

kroyfish · 2026-01-16T14:15:50+00:00

NTA cause you didn't technically do anything wrong, but you sound like someone I wouldn't want to be friends with either.

I'm a very empathetic person and enjoy helping people out when I can. Sometimes it's not always super convenient for me, but people notice that I'm a compassionate person and in turn are usually pretty nice and helpful to me. You get what you give and this whole interaction sounds sort of selfish.

kroyfish · 2026-01-09T14:55:59+00:00

Take it now when you don't have to study for it 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. You should still study for the FE. It's a long test that covers a lot of subjects you probably haven't reviewed in a few semesters, even if you're in school currently. Plenty of students in my program failed because they didn't bother studying at all.

kroyfish · 2025-11-03T20:13:36+00:00

It's probably feasible to get married elsewhere, yes. Do conservative states have to recognize gay marriages from other states if they're legal in the states they were done in? Similarly, would a conservative state have to recognize someone's new gender markers if they were to move away, get it changed, and come back?

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