u/AmILukeQuestionMark

Hello!

I listen to 15 artists, the occasional podcast and audio book. I am looking to get out of subscriptions and was wondering what the practical steps would be to have access to these artists, possible other artists on the rare occasion, and then podcasts / audiobooks.

Are there any solutions for this?

Would love to:

1. Queue music
2. Store everything offline
3. Create playlists with friends for evenings
4. Sync with my PC
5. Buy new stuff when I feel like it
6. Access the rare oldies that are hard to find.

Γειά σας!

Μαθαίνω ελλήνικα, και εφτιάχνα https://speakhellenic.com/ . Είναι δώρεαν. Όστοσω, δεν θέλω να το φιαξώ στο μόνος μου. Ήθελα πάρεα απο έδω, στο Reddit, για να το κάνουμε μάζι.

Αν έχεις γνώμες, ίδεας η κατί άλλο, πες μου!

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Hello!

I am learning Greek, and I made https://speakhellenic.com/. It is free. However, I don't want to make it on my own. I would like us to make it together, the reddit community.

If you have opinions, ideas or something else, let me know!

England & Wales. Posting on behalf of my limited company.

Setup: Contractor working through my own Ltd, engaged via a recruitment agency to work for an end client. Outside IR35 (client is a small company, so no SDS required). Self-billing agreement in place, so the agency raises invoices rather than me invoicing them. Agreed rate £400/day + VAT. I signed the Conduct Regulations opt-out.

What happened: I worked 8 days in May. The engagement then ended by mutual agreement — the agency confirmed the end date in writing, with no complaint about my work and no allegation of poor performance.

I submitted my timesheet through the agency's portal on my last day, within the 1 month the contract requires and before the agency's own approval deadline. It records all 8 days. It has sat at "Submitted" ever since — the named client approver has never actioned it.

Where it stands: Per the agency's published payment schedule, this should have paid at the end of June. Nothing arrived. The agency's Commercial & Compliance Director has now put in writing that because the client hasn't authorised the time, and because I opted out, no amounts are contractually due, and that the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 therefore doesn't apply. The end client has ignored my emails (polite, cc'd to the agency) asking them to either approve the timesheet or tell me what's wrong with it. Both sides are now silent.

The contract: Payment is conditional on the client having "authorised or signed the relevant time recording process." Signing the self-billing agreement normally switches that condition off, but a separate clause re-engages it specifically for contractors who've opted out. A different clause says failure to obtain client approval "may delay payment."

What I've tried: Two solicitors. One declined it as too small. The other quoted £750 to draft a letter before action, with the caveat they might then conclude there's nothing to be done — so £750 potentially for nothing.

So: I did the work, submitted it correctly and on time, nobody has ever said the work was defective, and the only missing step is a button nobody at the client will press.

Where do I go from here? Is this worth pursuing at all given the opt-out, or am I throwing good money after bad?

Hello,

First time going to Europe in a van, and first time parking at a slope, getting lift passes, renting gear, and heading the mountain.

Thinking 3 weeks in December for snowboarding from the 15th into January.

Would love to know what to do, and what not to do. Everything from driving there to getting situated in somewhere good.

Open to locations.

With the sun now being a distant memory, and with our jumpers and heating back on, our electricity is now taking a huge hit again.

We've got 780w solar, 50ah alternator charger, and 560ah and are down to 37% in 6 days. We cook on electricity and heat with a Truma diesel heater.

Has anyone considered installing, or installed an undermounted generator? I've seen them going for around £3k, and I think they'd be fantastic for winter.

Example find: Hyundai Petrol 3.5kW Underslung Vehicle Mounted RVi Generator

Hello!

We've been travelling around the UK, love the beaches, loved Scotland, and now are looking to venture down to possibly the online place England gets any sun.

Would love to know the dos/do nots from people's experiences, and niche locations that hit the spot, etc. Park4night locations would be even more wonderful for us to checkout.

Hoping to make this a special one.

Thanks y'all!

Sitting here in the heat with both water tanks reading 0%, I’m wondering whether anyone has found a practical way to collect and use rainwater from a van setup.

Houses can do it with gutters and downpipes, but has anyone adapted something similar for vanlife? For example, collecting runoff from solar panels, a roof rack, or the van roof itself into a tank?

I’m mainly curious about whether it’s realistic for drinking water after filtration/sterilisation, or if it’s only sensible for washing, dishes, or emergency use.

Has anyone tried this? What worked, what didn’t, and what would you do differently?