The best six doctors anywhere And no one can deny it Are sunshine, water, rest, and air Exercise and diet. These six will gladly you attend...

Previous great moments in letter writing have included the famous Pullman bedbug letter: http://bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2010/05/pullman-bed...

On 29 October, 1941, Winston Churchill paid a visit to his former school, Harrow, a time when England was at war with Germany. The US entry...

An extract from Life with Gough by Barry Cohen, a collection of anecdotes concerning Gough Whitlam: GULLIVER No one was ever able to fat...

“ The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” - Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992...

From Byter Charles: I have heard another version of the last line in your Adam and Eve story ....."the mutiple orgasm"!

Another word from Byter Steve: Reading about Draco*  has sent me down a path that I always wondered about, Otto.  What is behind the throw...

(The earlier post that relates to the above hotograph can be found at: http://bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2010/11/p-o-sculpture-sydney.html ) D...

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” - Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972), US President 1945-1953 ...

Byters will note that we are back on track.  Yesterday's announcement that I was unwell was posted by my daughter. The item which w...

The Eureka Stockade and Its Flag Australia Day inevitably raises the issue of what the Australian flag should be. My own feeling on the ...

Hello Byters, Service temporarily suspended whilst I am unwell. Will resume Byting soon, until then please feel free to read through the...

“If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you wait...

I recently used the above image in connection with a story about the British Parliament.  That image is the offical symbol for that parli...

   (Click on the images to enlarge). The above image  dates from the late 1960’s, in the days before faxes and emails. Photocopies were dis...

The word “draconian” means severe, unusually cruel or harsh, as in rules, punishments and governments, and comes from the name of Draco. No...

So far as I know and my researches have indicated, there is no organisation known as Yoga Australia. Nonetheless, a graphic designer by the ...

• A person present in parliament who is neither a member of Parliament or a parliamentary official is known as a “stranger”. • It used to b...

The inventor of the modern shoelace is supposedly Harvey Kennedy, who is often referenced as having come up with the invention in 1790. E...

Australia is: • the only nation that governs a whole continent; • the sixth-largest country in the world; • the largest island on earth; ...

Aficionados of Rugby League will be aware that there is a statue outside Queensland’s Suncorp Stadium of former Australian and Queensland c...

In 1927 an employee of the Southland Ice Company of Dallas, Texas, one Joe Thompson, began selling convenience items – milk, eggs and bread...

"I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it." - Alice, Alice in Wonderland “Let the fuckers work that one out.” -...

I am fascinated by old photographs, especially of well known locations as they looked a hundred or so years ago. It’s a bonus if there ar...

Remember how in Waterworld Kevin Costner was growing a scrawny tomato plant in a post-apocalyptic world? Or how the good guys in Mad Max 2 ...

A friend of mine, Linda, whose late husband Domenico was a professional fisherman, sent me a response to the Pier One item posted yesterd...

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.  A journey of a thousand miles must begin with...

Byter Steve has raised another question.  He advises that he and Diane spent the new year break playing tourist in the city, staying in a ...

Good morning Byters. A bit of humour from the days when George Dubbya was the US Pres, to start off the week... After numerous rounds ...

"In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." -  Desiderius Erasmus (1469 - 1536)