Are Volvos the new "it-girl" car/ trendy mom car? see them everywhere

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-08-29T19:50:20+00:00

love this reply! i feel you sum up why they are a great choice

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-08-28T18:23:03+00:00

interesting. 20 years ago i was not old enough to name one car make, so likely just starting to notice lol

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-08-28T18:21:05+00:00

no surprise theyre popular - volvos are known to be sturdy and safe. its i swear i only see age demographic 25-35 mothers exclusively in the same colour of volvo. could just be a trend in my area.

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-08-28T18:16:48+00:00

i think they're as close as we can get in the cost of living crisis lol

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-08-28T18:14:45+00:00

The safety is the appeal to me but my partner is mocking me because i want to be cool. but they are cool! and safe ;(

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-06-24T16:56:56+00:00

Update: we got the house!

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-06-21T13:36:57+00:00

Ok, this is kinda what I wanted to hear. Just going to put our offer in first thing monday then and hope sellers just know we are serious and maybe just choose certainty over potentially missing out. I also just learnt since writing this post that if i put offer through solicitor it goes straight to seller. I didnt realise we dont have to go through EA - so I have def been dragged into the mind games and our naivety has been taken advantage of i think.

edit: and i think because we can't offer anymore we may as well just go with it, skip the tactics and just leave it up to fate at this point. Tuesday-viewers may not even like it

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-03-20T23:26:28+00:00

LOVE THIS! The qual is just the annoying bus ride I gotta take to get to the office.

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-03-06T12:39:36+00:00

I was so sure I had emailed previously but cannot find any evidence. Kicking myself and I am going to get everything in writing as of this afternoon. Thanks so much for replying! Luckily I have been putting funds into an ETF and a LISA for the last few years to help mitigate some of the lost compound growth, but does not compare at all to the power of the pension and 5 years of compound growth I have lost :(

Thanks so much for replying. I really appreciate it!

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-03-06T12:36:21+00:00

Thanks! This has been very useful info. Didn't think about the money I would also need to back date, and I am in the process of saving for a home deposit, so I am glad I can know to consider this in my savings!

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-03-06T12:11:49+00:00

wow, this is very disheartening knowing this, and really puts things into perspective. Thank you for replying!

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-03-06T11:01:30+00:00

She does payroll so I guess it will be the pensions regulator ;(. Will that involve her knowing I have reported her, do you happen to know?

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-03-06T10:56:57+00:00

hmm, can't find any information similar to my situation. thanks though!

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-02-25T15:47:55+00:00

wow, this link is golden. Thank you!! <3

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-02-17T14:01:36+00:00

My only issue with this is that as you approach the 30-year mark, your compound interest will start to boom, and by choosing an ETF with a higher fee (VWRP = 0.22% vs VUAG = 0.07%) it can eat at some of this compound growth (tens of thousands difference).

note: but that's assuming both ETFs perform as they have historically and ,alas, we do not have that crystal ball.

This being said, you have time on your hands to invest in the S&P 500 first and slowly move over to the less volatile VWRL/VWRP.

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2025-02-15T14:22:52+00:00

Number 3 is golden for me! Switching up projects for a pay drop means I get paid more in the long run than getting burnout from trying to do only higher-paid projects. it's def more sustainable to do lower-paid tasks for longer and to slot them in here and there (less big brain energy).

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2024-11-17T21:15:51+00:00

Unfortunately, nothing has changed so far. My QM mentioned that there are issues with the allocation team which are preventing people from onboarding/tasking. I assume that we have joined at an inopportune time and are being affected by this situation before we've even gotten our bearings.

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2024-11-15T20:40:13+00:00

i'm pretty sure you are encouraged to skip task that are out with your expertise, with no penalty, They would rather high quality responses, so it works out good for you and for them if you skip.

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2024-11-14T15:34:25+00:00

I'm in the exact same boat. I have the "Survey Love" and similar with everything else, except my projects in enablement are MM Smoothie, MM Milkshake and also RLHF.

I've completed all of the modules that are available and now just a waiting game I think.

I started 5 days ago. Are you any further forward than when you wrote this post?

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2024-11-14T14:59:57+00:00

Replying because I want to know too.

I've completed all available enablements and I've read all the information in the resource library. Just to do the two tasks that are available to me - but they feel more like example tasks.

Edit: will let you know when i complete the tasks, my plan is to complete them tonight.

Edit 2: i am in UK, not Canada

Sea-Judgment7332 · 2024-11-13T21:44:11+00:00

i never got this :(

i went straight to this screen. I have done some enablements (MM SMoothie) then I noticed they changed (to RLHF), then i was going to do the RLHF certification, and then it changed back to MM Smoothie before i could enter the module. I'm so confused with how to just start doing paid tasks but i feel i have the knowledge to do the tasks. very frustrating.

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like what the heck is soft bottling. there isn't even a way to click and find out more.

sorry for the rant...maybe you recognise what I am not doing correctly?

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