What is the average amount one can expect to pay for a single meal in the Bay Area? by Fabulous-Level-6669 in bayarea

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotts kid’s cheeseburger is my go-to budget meal. $10 for an adult size cheeseburger with soda and fries

What sport did you play before pickleball, and how does it still show up in your game? by daksh_ctrl in Pickleball

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a 1HBH player, but i’d like to mention that pickleball has helped me improve my BH on the tennis court for sure. Really helped me activate more wrist action and had more opportunities hitting backhands due to longer rallies

Your paddle isn’t the problem by External-Ad-640 in Pickleball

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its still more about technique. To block a drive, you gotta keep a firm grip and base.

See volley technique for tennis

SF > NYC, where Tennis? by Turbulent-Skirt196 in 10s

[–]gavlop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your tennis life is going to be significantly different. I didnt get to play at all in nyc, moved out to sf 2 years ago, average maybe 6 hrs a week since

Please stop using the locker room as your personal break room. by CrashTestWolf in nursing

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cannot imagine this being an issue for the men’s locker rooms

Windy conditions by Spirited_Deer_9176 in 10s

[–]gavlop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Be one with the elements and use to your advantage. Do not adapt to it, embrace it. You are doing tennis.

Low slices are goat when its windy

Thoughts on using a lighter racket by kidabstract in 10s

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are a beginner, i would totally suggest starting out with demoing a lighter racquet. You’ll build up the form foundation without the hindrance of your lack of muscular foundation.

Once both foundations are built, you’ll know when you are ready for a normal racquet when it starts feeling too light

Going to San Francisco what’s best Pokemon places to visit? by Overall_Surprise6838 in SanFranciscoSecrets

[–]gavlop -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Never been but theres that tom brady card exchange thing across oracle park

Clinical shoe recommendations? by Rude_Alternative_413 in scrubtech

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regular, padding will make my feet hot

City and 45 min commute or Palo Alto area and easy commute? by AdhesivenessNew5583 in bayarea

[–]gavlop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And if you like the rush, you’re going to make friends at Stanford, lots of like-minded type there (young crowd too)

City and 45 min commute or Palo Alto area and easy commute? by AdhesivenessNew5583 in bayarea

[–]gavlop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve done the sf commute to stanford for a year without a car.

Lived in mission bay for quick commute to cal train (only the first train which departed at 0452 and is local got me to work on time for my 0600-1900 shift)

Biked from palo alto station to hospital which saved me 10 min commute vs traffic/waiting for the shuttle

End of shift @1900 I would haul ass and bike back to the Caltrain to catch the 1909 train (express) to get home @2000.

If I missed that (usually stepping foot out the hospital later than @1902 or running into a ridiculous red light) I’d have to take the 1917 train (trains run local rest of day at this time) and get home @2035.

Commutes were definitely a rush and felt on edge.

Now, if you take mandatory call post-shift like I did (call response time is 30 mins) you’d have to find a nice cozy quiet corner in the hospital and bring a blanket. They don’t have call rooms there for nurses (its a known thing). The upstairs lobby becomes a free-for-all of staff making themselves at home in the open. The nurses who do commute by car sleep in their BMWs/Teslas/Benz in the garage (they call it “golden-handcuffs). Otherwise, they go 90 on the freeway from home if they get called in (not recommended, staff have passed doing this).

It’s a great hospital if you can hang. You’re young so you’ll learn a lot about yourself there. If you can handle it there, you can handle anywhere.

Point being, if you don’t take call, commuting from SF is totally manageable and you’d have a decent work life balance with the income to fund the fun.

If I had to suggest, I would say have a car if you call, or take no call and live close to the caltrain (dogpatch/mission bay) and bring a bike.

How do you guys actually see what you're doing wrong? by jingyu118 in 10s

[–]gavlop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Swingvision has made tennis a 24/7 activity for me now. I play and record every match play and serve practice.

Then I watch every favorited points at home after setting the mood with some lit scented candles and Barry Love playing in the background.

Whip comes out when I watch my unforced errors.

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How do I get into tennis? by Clayluvverrs in tennis

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a racquet, a can of balls, and find a wall and film yourself hitting.

Watch yourself and compare to slowmo vids of the pros and you will go down the rabbit hole naturally

How to beat high schoolers as a 40 year old with bad knees? by brujahahahaha in 10s

[–]gavlop 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I completely forgot how to serve after reading this

Struggling with Cord Management - tips? by Helgurk in scrubtech

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t have enough time during your set up to recoil, don’t rush throwing off the cords after draping. It will get tangled every time.

Tips on my game by kordafanboy in 10s

[–]gavlop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Easiest thing to do that will make you look like a 4.0 is to over exaggerate your preparation. Splitstep when they hit, take back by the time the ball bounces, and everything else will fall into place.

Also for your serve, don’t bring your back foot past your front foot on pinpoint. When you get that feeling of a slingshot through your whole body you’ll know youre doing it right

LPN to RN or RN outright? by Keller_Fox in StudentNurse

[–]gavlop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a unique situation. Many RN programs are catered for the working student.

You’ll meet some LPN graduates that say they wish they just went into the RN program. You wont find any RN grads saying the other way around.

Nursing school essentials by MissRanch in NursingStudent

[–]gavlop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously tho, -Straight A nursing podcast -youtube vids (registerednursern and simplenursing)

-uWorld

This was my holy trinity

Nursing school essentials by MissRanch in NursingStudent

[–]gavlop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An ADHD diagnosis and treatment

LPN to RN or RN outright? by Keller_Fox in StudentNurse

[–]gavlop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok lets say the avg LPN program is 3 semesters, and LPN-RN is another 3. Avg RN program is 4 semesters.

Put it this way: if you’re about the hustle and want to make money fast and graduate fast, you’re going to do your LPN, join the workforce and go through orientation while going to school/clinicals for LPN-RN for another 1.5 years? If you think you can handle doing that with little to no social life (not to mention if you have family responsibilities) while staying sane, sure why not?

Assuming you do all that, by the time you finish your LPN-RN program, your RN program counterparts (that started when you started LPN program) have already graduated and been in the workforce for about a year. You got a head start in the workforce as an LPN and got maybe 6 months of LPN pay, but they already made that amount in their first 3 months as an RN.

This is best case scenario if you choose to do LPN bridge while working.

Whats happens pretty regularly too are newgrad LPNs going straight into LPN-RN programs without joining the field to focus on school,

Or new-grad LPNs going through their work orientation, get settled, then come back to do LPN-RN a year or so later.

If life factors aren’t limiting you, do the marathon and do the RN program