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Who Ya' Gonna Call?
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
- TITLE: "Who Ya' Gonna Call?"
 The title song of the movie "Ghostbusters" was sung by Ray Parker Jr.
Here is a sampling of the lyric:
If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call (GHOSTBUSTERS!)
If it's somethin' weird an it won't look good
Who ya gonna call (GHOSTBUSTERS!)
I ain't afraid a no ghost
I ain't afraid a no ghost
I was such a "dad" when I took The Lad (who was about eight, at the time) to see the original movie, I didn't understand why all the kids in the audience - who were singing along - knew the words. I asked him, "Is this a hit song, or something?"
He moved to a different seat.
- "... Subscription Drive ..." Here is a link to the Subscription Drive Page.
- "... March 4, 1933 ..." As we have discussed previously, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution established the time and date of the inauguration of the President:
Amendment XX
Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
- "...UNMOVIC ..." United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. One of the problems - ONE of the problems - with the United Nations is every organization starts with the letters "U" and "N."
- "... Zora Andrich ..."
 The woman "Joe Millionaire" picked.
- "... Slide Rules ..." Here's a definition of a "slide rule" from the "whatis" website:
Before 1970, a primitive form of calculator, the slide rule, was commonly used. It consisted of a slat of wood, called the slide, that could be moved in and out of a reinforced pair of slats. Both the slide and the outer pair of slats had calibrated numerical scales. A movable, transparent sleeve called the cursor was used to align numerals on the scales. The slide rule did not require any source of power, but its precision was limited, and it was necessary to climb a learning curve to become proficient with it.
Here's a photo of a slide rule from the Wall Street Journal 
- "... dial telephone ..." Actually called a "rotary" dial phone
 This is an early model made of a hard, brittle plastic substance called "Bakelite."
- "... dial television ..."
This is a photo of a Dumont television which is not far from one we actually owned. Not only is there a dial, but it tuned like an early radio - the dial didn't "click" on a channel, you had to tune it in.
Not only that but the FM radio band was between (as I remember) channels six and seven. We could listen to air traffic control talking to airplanes landing and taking off from Idlewild Airport - now JFK.
- "... mahi-mahi ..." From the Monteray Bay Aquarium web site:
"The dolphin fish is known by many names throughout the world's oceans, but you'll see the Hawaiian name "mahi-mahi" on your restaurant menu."
This is because no one would order a dish they thought was fried "Flipper."
- Mullfoto of the Day:
"Neither snow nor rain not heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
This is not the motto of the USPS. It has no official motto.
This is the legend engraved around the top of the main post office in New York City which opened in 1914.
World War I Poster
- Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
Five UNMOVIC inspectors search for
Iraqi weapons outside the UN yesterday.
(REUTERS/Bernie Nunez)
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