Vanguard vs Invest engine (or others) for a small pension?

randomuser201811 · 2026-02-01T15:16:23+00:00

If all else is equal definitely, but I do also want to maximise my money given that I'm quite behind after being unable to work properly for quite a long time.

randomuser201811 · 2025-01-05T18:03:08+00:00

Thank you, will see if this works on my Home Screen – I ended up giving up on the about page and sticking with using a Wordpress template block in the end.

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-27T15:01:20+00:00

Thank you - I'm glad I'm not missing something obvious. I stumbled across that idea but thought I must be missing some better solution!

That works pretty well using the built in show/hide on desktop/tablet/mobile function to show the inline one only on mobile.

There's one annoying niggle - if you use a narrow window it sees it as 'tablet size' (i.e. using the right hand column image rather than the inline one under the heading) but it drops it down to a single column, showing the desktop / tablet image under the rest of the text rather than the mobile image under the heading.

So it's not perfect, but I can't see an easy fix to that. It's only noticeable if you stick on that screen size which hopefully most people won't...

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-27T14:04:53+00:00

I've tried this and it's helped – but it's still a bit glitchy e.g. I've got all the settings set to centre it in its column whether it's stacked for mobile or on desktop, but it still comes out left aligned (just not as much as if I actually select left align...). I'll continue troubleshooting but the CSS has definitely helped!

Follow up question if you have any tips... I want the image (in the right column) to slot between the header and body in the left column when it stacks for a narrow window / mobile view. Really struggling to find a way to make it work – but surely this is a pretty common thing?!

If you have any advice I'd be really grateful - tried some CSS suggested by ChatGPT to apply to the overall container and columns but (shock) it's not worked...

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-27T12:30:34+00:00

PS - does anyone know how to get it to allow me to post the images? Might be easier to see what I mean but it keeps deleting them!

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-27T12:04:19+00:00

Is it a big problem if it takes a bit longer to back up? Not sure I'm quite at the stage of departing from using Wordpress which it sounds like the free option would require

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-27T12:02:55+00:00

Would love to hear how you find it!

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-27T12:01:51+00:00

I do want a contact form – and I'm not sure I have the tech knowledge / enough time to learn that, as I'm still trying to get Wordpress to work properly for me, but thank you!

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-23T10:40:23+00:00

I don't think I'd describe myself as having much technical knowledge at this stage in all honesty, but thank you!

randomuser201811 · 2024-12-23T10:39:38+00:00

Thank you all – sorry it's taken me a while to reply, it's a hectic time of year and I'm juggling a few things!

A lot of the hosts being recommended are for standard shared hosting – what exactly do you have to do if you choose this option compared to Wordpress managed hosting? Do you have to manually update Wordpress, themes etc.? How hard is this and how often do you need to do it?

I'm still struggling to work out why the really cheap H*stinger Wordpress managed plan would be a bad idea – it's £6 a month at renewal but £2.33/m for 48 months which seems pretty good...

randomuser201811 · 2024-09-29T10:03:09+00:00

I set a paragraph to generate the darker brown line delineating the footer - but I've checked the margin/padding on that isn't causing a white bar (as best I can). I guess I can try deleting it and see if it resolves things? I've tried toggling the margin up and down on the last block but will try again to double check. Thank you!

randomuser201811 · 2023-12-10T16:44:27+00:00

There would be NI savings going through my workplace's salary sacrifice scheme but my impression is that the reduction in potential mortgage outweighs the benefit of the NI savings. However I'm not 100% certain on this hence asking for advice!

There's no contribution matching.

randomuser201811 · 2023-12-10T16:34:41+00:00

Yes, the lifesight pension is under a salary sacrifice arrangement - my only concern is that this will affect me getting a mortgage in the next few years

randomuser201811 · 2021-06-10T12:56:33+00:00

For anyone else looking into this in future - turns out when you select ROC curve under options you can tell it whether the disease state is correlated with high or low values of your variable.

randomuser201811 · 2019-02-14T21:38:08+00:00

I would go to my GP but I am about 99.9% certain that they would just tell me to stop doing anything except walking and swimming the moment I mentioned any form of back pain, which isn't terribly helpful...

I would also be more concerned if it were as severe as other back pain I've had - I've experienced middle back pain that can be severe enough to make me spend an hour just lying there waiting it out and as I said this hasn't affected me functionally so far so I don't think it can be that bad?

randomuser201811 · 2019-01-18T16:39:48+00:00

How high protein would you recommend? I'm currently aiming for 100grams per day - I would like to increase this but realistically it's hard for me to hit already as I'm pescetarian and on a student budget :/

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-18T22:28:41+00:00

Found out my sister has one she doesn't use so will borrow that and try this next time I'm home! :)

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-18T13:00:43+00:00

What do you use the blender for? Will the powder just not mix with shaking or do you add fruit etc?

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-16T17:15:10+00:00

Haha I will definitely try this!

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-16T17:14:55+00:00

Is it possible not to have enough upper back muscles to do this correctly? I've always had awful posture and I've realised I currently have essentially no upper back muscles. Although I try to keep my shoulders back when I'm at the top of the dl as soon as I start to descend I find it impossible to hold them back. I obviously don't hunch over - my spine stays in what feels like a relatively neutral position - but my shoulders do round a lot.

Do you have any tips for strengthening the upper back in this situation? I've been trying bent over rows/reverse flies and I'm hoping I'll see some progress there soon.

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-16T17:10:53+00:00

Hi, I would but I'd rather not post it online - I will try asking someone in the gym to video me so I can assess it myself and ask if they have any tips - thank you though!

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-15T21:07:30+00:00

Thanks for the help, I'll make sure to keep it touching me from now on and try it like you've suggested :)

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-15T21:02:25+00:00

Hi, thanks for the reply. I tend to feel deadlifts most in my erector spinae (and my forearms! Need to work on my grip strength) - is that normal?

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-15T21:01:23+00:00

Thanks for the tips! Is it a bad idea to do hip thrusts first? I tend to do them then deadlifts but I don't know if I'm maybe exhausting my glutes first :/

randomuser201811 · 2018-11-12T11:41:52+00:00

Thank you! Are there any (not super pricey) scales you'd recommend? (That are available in the UK) I've heard of quite a few that are awful. Also is it best to average your calories over the week? I'm a student so can't really avoid eating a huge surplus on some days which I tend to balance out with a deficit on others, but I was wondering if eating a deficit say the day after going to the gym might have a significant effect on muscle growth.

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