"any employer-initiated termination can be countered with a wrongful termination lawsuit within three weeks" By golly gee I do wonder why employers are so keen to make sure they don't get sued.

It's basically the same as someone tricking you into signing a contract you have no need for. Smart employees with balls just respond to such an offer with "You want to terminate me? For what reason exactly?"

And on average, a wrongful termination lawsuit, though more of a strain for the employee, will often result in better conditions (worst case: a settlement fee; best case: employment reinstated by the court) than whatever nonsense the employer is putting in the termination agreement.

That's obviously complete bull. Under German law, any employer-initiated termination can be countered with a wrongful termination lawsuit within three weeks. A termination agreement... is a binding contract.

A very nasty tactic by many German employers: Inviting an employee to a talk out of the blue, suggesting that things don't look good and a termination (for whatever reason) is about to happen, but they're being "nice" and offer the employee a termination agreement to end the working relationship on "good terms".

what manufacturer is that? I'm trying to find a US source

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/action-figures-and-playsets/other-action-figures-and-playsets/alien-queen/p/185041

I've already found the best toy of 2020: a foot tall, fully articulated (20 points) Alien Queen for a fraction of what Neca or anyone else would charge

no minerva toys until i get my devcon

Paladin keeps saying this every time they reveal another toy of an early character, including the first Earthrise reveals even though that had Micromasters.

I'll concede the Titan Masters, but Magnus Prime is an existing mold, Liokaiser is a set of repaints, and Metalhawk is a repaint and prominently featured in IDW.

And Ginrai aka "Magnus Prime, Metalhawk, "Liokaiser", etc. The real characters that Warden actually doesn't know about are the late EuroUK characters like the Turbomasters/Predators

Warden and Friends did give us a Lione (Sawback) and a Shuffler

Or prominently featured in IDW, or an easy repaint of an existing toy.

was she in the first 3 seasons of the cartoon? If not then she's on no one's list because they don't think she exists.

It's probably stuck on the low priority end of Warden's to-do list.

Because the only full-body Nightbeat was that Bumblebee with a new head one.

Why has there been no new Minerva toys? I’m surprised at Takara. The Titan Master head doesn’t count.

On my shelf I have Ginrai donning the Star Convoy armor.

That he is.

And a good boy

Hound is at least a very good toy.

Hound is the only other one that even comes close to Chromia in my area, and he ships in two separate waves.

This might be how they finally get rid of all the Chromias. I've not seen a shelfwarmer like that in ages.

It's a good deal if you want a full set of Refraktor (and if they have them at your location)

Here we can buy two and get one free, but at least two of them are gonna be the same toy, because lol distribution.

In the U.K., it’s more like you but two, you only get one given how expensive they are.

Transformers are Buy 2 Get 1 free at Target this week.

2019 has been one long South Park episode.

Okay, that actually sounds pretty fun.

It was set in the forties, featured Nazi's as the villains and had Kiko fight mostly Ice Age animals and a mythical dragon that now ruled the island guarding Kongs treasure.

and it was ALSO eleven hours long.

In a alternate reality Peter Jackson made Son of Kong.

To be fair to boba: everyone else to go into the sarlacc was a sacrifice. Stripped almost naked and tossed, and didn't have body armor, a jetpack and a weapon.

Nah, he just has to keep up his plot insurance payments so he can shoot his way out of the Sarlacc again.

Funny, but everyone knows he bounty hunts for Jabba Hutt to finance his 'Vette.

Okay.. Not sure why.. but streaming is harder than jsut playing the game.. even though that's pretty much what I was doing.

What type of vehicle does Boba Fett use for time travel? A Man-DeLorean.

Admittedly, it's been a long time since I've been to a walk-in clinic, as I tend not to get sick (and the one time I do every 4-5 years, I prefer just riding it out at home), but the last time I went I'm pretty sure you could just show up, no appointment. It may be different in Quebec,though

One thing to note about health insurance in Germany is that we have a two-class system: mandatory health insurance is basically the economy class, while private health insurance is the business class.

My local doctor is actually a shared office with several doctors where you will get randomly assigned to one of the doctors available that day.

Also, employers are required by law to cover part of their employees' health insurance fees, so I only have to pay my part.

Basic examinations and sick notes (known as "work-inability certificates" in Germany) for the employer are covered by our health insurances by default.

Around here, we can go to a walk-in clinic whenever, but might have to wait in the queue until there's a doctor available, which can take hours on a busy day. And then hope our insurance will cover anything.

There actually are a good number of clinics around here: but the walk ins require an appointment (what?) and are only done once a week. IF you can get an appointment, you see a doctor usually within 40 minutes, but good luck getting the appointment.

Depending on the day.

We have family doctors (called "house doctors") with regular office hours where you may need an hour or two of waiting time.

Two weeks? That seems a little long; are there not a lot of walk-in clinics around you?

Does germany make it quick and easy to see a doctor too? Cause an emergency doctor visit can take two weeks out here, and an emergency ROOM visit can take 18-24 hours.

(Good thing is, under German law, if you call in sick during your vacation and see a doctor immediately, you get to keep your vacation days.)