The only g'pa story I can think of is how he would stand in front of the open fridge, grab a carton of buttermilk, face upward, and drink it by pouring it into his mouth without the carton touching his lips. That way he wouldn't need a glass.

One of the stories mentioned putting butter on "bread so thick, you could see the impressions of his teeth in it after he took a bite." There's a Danish word for that! Tandsmør = "tooth butter".

The first reminds me of a joke I heard for fire-prone California. If you are lost, clear an area of brush about 10 feed in diameter, stand in the middle, light a match, and wait for the forest ranger to give you a ticket.

No worries, Zeon. You could rock out all night on Toto if you want. An old iPod could play music for 10 hours on a single charge, and that's with the a battery about 500 mA-hour, while a car battery is more like 40 amp-hours. So long as you start the car every week or two to recharge, you're fine. Or you could do like my grandparents did - install another battery. After retirement they did cross-country travel on the cheap, spending the nights on the side of the road/rest areas. They rigged the car up with curtains for privacy and darkness, a bed for the back, and used the extra battery for the in-car fridge.

A few years ago we visited my wife's aunt and uncle in KS. An ice storm came through that evening. The next day a pickup truck slide off the crown of the road and over the curb. I was so thrilled, as I had my pull-on ice cleats with me. I slapped them on, walked down the ice-covered street, and help push the pickup back in the road. These blokes surely needed something like https://www.grainger.com/product/WINTER-WALKING-Unisex-Rubber-52WH42 .

I got "No Children" as well, and I also chose Led Zeppelin.

I grew up in a religious household where we did not swear. This extended to "darn" and other mild versions of swear words because "it means the same thing." (That is literally the only lesson from 'Uncle Charlie's Bible Hour' that I remember.) It's a good thing I didn't know the etymology of dagnabbit then, as it was fun to do a Yosemite Sam impersonation.

I've heard that some people in NYC with 24-hour doormen don't lock their doors. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/garden/14nolock.html . But yes, not as many as shown on TV.

In "Rear Window", the windows were open and the curtains not drawn because of a heat wave.

He-he, I had to ask my Mom about the stuffing-people-in-lockers thing. The lockers at my school simply weren't big enough. She pointed out that in Miami there's no need for a place to store one's boots and coats. It's also mention in TV Tropes - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StuffedIntoALocker .

Peaches Monroee coined "on fleek" and continues to use the term, so catch phrases can come from real life. But don't try to make 'fetch' happen.

To start, there are places with cat bans. For an example from New Zealand, http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36865776 . Second, who are the "wrong people" we want to not have guns? Does it include police whose rules-of-engagement allow them to shoot people more freely than the US military in Afghanistan? (I'm thinking of the death of Ronald D. Williams.) Does it include all the people who are so ill-trained that they shoot themselves and others when cleaning their weapon? Nor does this cat metaphor extend to the racism in gun violence and rights.

My uncle loves old (pre-1935 or so) vehicles. I remember him explaining how the old engines weren't well sealed, so part of the reason the cars were put up for winter was for the owners to overhaul them. Looking now to see if my memory is right, I found "The Model T Ford Car, Its Construction, Operation and Repair: A Complete Practical Treatise" from 1916. It says "While motoring through-out the entire year is not unusual, many owners of cars, especially in those portions of the country where the winter climate is exceptionally severe, put up their car for the winter period." It then explains how to make your own antifreeze, the importance of switching to a lighter-weight oil, and the difficulties in starting.

"12 or more people that was engaged in public disharmony" .. that's one way to make sure the Christmas carolers are in tune.