Patto said...

Patto at 04:58 PM JST - 4th March

Use of cellphones in areas such as near the silver seats where there are signs to turn off the switch. I am amazed at the complete (and I do mean Complete) ignorance of the commenters on this site regarding the reasons for need to switch off cell phones. Everyone seems…

Posted in What cell phone habits by some people bother you the most? at 04:58 PM JST - 4th March
Patto at 12:48 PM JST - 1st March

What most of the media have not noted so far is that this is not the deadly strain of the virus (H5N1, I think). It is nothing more than a bothersome flu-bug that wipes out a large number of birds kept under the stressful crowded unhealthy conditions of enclosed mass-breeding…

Posted in Aichi begins culling 260,000 quails after detecting H7 bird flu virus at 12:48 PM JST - 1st March
Patto at 01:38 PM JST - 21st February

There have been times when I really wanted to grab a cell phone pest by the collar and ram him/her against the train door too. This is why I no longer take the train. When I have to, I wear my bee hat (silver mesh) and stand by the silver…

Posted in The Great Sasuke arrested on suspicion of assaulting man on train at 01:38 PM JST - 21st February
Patto at 02:11 AM JST - 18th February

Realist--the figure is 8 million, not 800 million. And also, "gods" is a poor translation of "kami." I wonder if you think 8 million would be an over-estimation of the number of angels? I try to see into the heart of any religion, and know that in every case there…

Posted in Clinton visits Meiji Shrine at 02:11 AM JST - 18th February
Patto at 08:27 PM JST - 15th February

I agree with Cleo: white wagtail, probably juvenile. Nice shot!

Posted in Bird in the hand at 08:27 PM JST - 15th February
Patto at 11:46 AM JST - 13th February

So this is illegal when you do it to boys. Learn something new every day!

Posted in 83-yr-old man arrested for exposing himself to junior high school boys in Saitama at 11:46 AM JST - 13th February
Patto at 11:45 AM JST - 11th February

It is important to keep a stock of foods that are suitable to you and your family. Someone with diabetes (from a former McD-based lifestyle), for example, will have trouble with all those high-glycemic items which constitute the most easily stored emergency food satisfying everyone else's sugar-cravings (a precursor to…

Posted in Emergency foods evolve from dry biscuits, rice balls at 11:45 AM JST - 11th February
Patto at 05:19 PM JST - 9th February

"sharks, who are as sensitive to motion as snakes"

Betzee, you are correct about sharks being sensitive to motion. They also detect electromagnetic fields very well, such as those put out by muscular activity. However, snakes lack these abilities. Their tongue (sharp sense of smell) serves as their "eyes" to…

Posted in Tiger shark at 05:19 PM JST - 9th February
Patto at 04:38 PM JST - 9th February

Beelzebub and Majimekun have good points. Assuming she was dressed well enough to avoid hypothermia, it would have been hard to tell if she was a man or woman. If she had small stature, however, she may have presented an easy target. No word on how far she had to…

Posted in Japanese woman found dead on street in Mongolian capital Ulan Bator at 04:38 PM JST - 9th February
Patto at 11:40 AM JST - 15th December

The reason we do not know who's good or evil, or know good from evil for that matter is because "the evil" (i.e., sociopaths) are so securely in power that they can redefine it to suit their purposes. Read "Political Ponerology" by Andrzej Lobaczewski, a psychological analyst who survived similar…

Posted in Now the world has changed. Nobody is sure who is good or who is evil. The whole world is becoming borderless and unstable. The manga world's ambiguity has become realistic. at 11:40 AM JST - 15th December