A conversation today with a barrister (who shall remain nameless), briefed by me to appear in a matter: Barrister: “I won’t be able to ap...

Two solicitors came to a sticky end and were slowly making their way up to Heaven. On their way up the great staircase that leads to the Pe...

“Fire!” - Joe Hill (1879-1915), labour activist executed by firing squad for murder. Hill shouted the above word after the firing squad re...

Time for another vintage ad, this time from what would seem to be the 1950’s. There are quite a number of sites on the internet that post th...

I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not ref...

I came across the above photograph in a book of news photographs. I apologise for the quality in that it is a photograph I have taken of t...

Watching a DVD about a barrister at the Old Bailey started me wondering as to the origins of the name. How is it that London’s major cr...

________________ Byter Leo sent an email which touched off responses from my friends and myself, all of us being in the email group. Altho...

“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) The Twilight of the Idols (1899)

I have previously posted stories about Zulu , one of my favourite pics, and quotes by Michael Caine. In the days when Bytes consisted of a...

Byters may be interested in the following exhibitions which are on in Sydney or coming to Sydney (text is from the exhibition promotional ma...

Some time ago Bruce Willis was asked what he would do when his four daughters became old enough to start dating. He replied that if he sho...

“Take a butcher’s at my china over there. He lost his titfer, is copping it from his trouble and strife so he’s going to the rubbity for a...

"To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German." -  Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) Chales wa...

Little Golden Books launched in 1942 and sold at 25 cents each. They changed publishing history in that for the first time, children's...

I previously posted a photograph of Railway Square (the area between Broadway TAFE and Central Station), Sydney in 1913 which showed the pre...

Warning: The following post contains risqué language. Back in June I posted an item about names which, when spoken, can sound quite rude. ...

“Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?” - Jessica Dubroff (1988-1996), seven-year-old pilot minutes before her plane crashed. Jessi...

I will be away from my computer for the next few days so I am posting a couple of items for weekend reading, one a lengthy look at youth c...

This item began as a simple post about a clip of the group The Chantays playing a 1963 instrumental hit, Pipeline .  I had mentioned the pi...

Hanlon’s Razor is an adage submitted to a book on Murphy’s Laws by Robert J Hanlon. It holds "Never attribute to malice that which ca...

(Click on cartoon to enlarge). Some of you may be familiar with the above in that it has been reproduced as a spray can graffiti on the si...

"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live." -  Attributed to Socrates (469-399 BCE) by Plato in The Trial and D...

"One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuine...

I wish to share with you some comments about my Father's Day cards. Over the years I have sought to instil in my kids various life less...

Father's Day...  I never know whether the apostrophe goes before the "s" because it is a day for each individual father, or...

Everyone knows about Mount Rushmore, especially if they have seen Cary Grant and Eve Marie Saint clambering all over it in the climax of Nor...

George Street, Sydney near Hunter Street, c 1900 (Click on photo to enlarge). Some points to note: -  The presence of numerous electric tr...

Dear Byters Although in the past I have generally posted short items during the week and longer items on weekends, recently some of the mid...

Whereas Australia’s best known poets, Banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson wrote of the bush from a perspective of visiting city dwellers, whe...