As a kid, you may have played that game where you phone someone to say, “Is your refrigerator running? Then you better go catch it!” What’s the term for that kind of practical joke? Is it a crank call or a prank call? There’s a difference. • If...
Jim in McCordsville, Indiana, works on nighttime visibility cases involving heavy trucks, and he wondered about the abundant amber marker lights strung along the fronts and sides of some owner-operator rigs. The truckers’ term is chicken lights, but...