In The Advocate's "Human Condition" Sunday feature, Susan King Gremillion told of a church congregation setting Sunday morning service times to give them early access to Piccadilly Cafeteria for lunch.

"This is a story I didn't tell many people," says Fay Weilbaecher, of Covington. "But when you're old, who cares?

Keith Horcasitas, of Baton Rouge, tells of a harrowing encounter with a happy ending:

Dear Smiley: Since I am still practicing law, I was asked recently by an elderly Cajun woman to prepare her last will and testament.

A football story from Jim Pitchford, of Baton Rouge:

Walter B. Merrill, of Allen, Texas, had his memory jogged by Tuesday's mention by former WAFB-TV anchor George Sells of an old broadcast on a still-current subject:

"I am concerned about the latest generation of drivers after witnessing their limited attention span in traffic," says Rick Marshall, of Baton Rouge.

I'm often amazed at the ingenuity of readers of this column. They are a constant source of ideas, some of them useful.

Calvin Trillin, in the Sept. 6 New Yorker, writes of a trip to the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival with friend Peter Wolf, who grew up in New Orleans before moving to New York.

Dear Smiley: When my granddaughter was about 2 years old, her mom and dad did a "practice run" for trick or treat.

Kirk Guidry tells of his reaction to Tuesday's conflagration at the Caesars Superdome:

Every year about this time, when a change in the weather occurs, I recall one of my favorite "Only in Louisiana" stories: 

Not surprisingly, the subjects most discussed by my readers involve ways we kept cool before air conditioners, and how we first experienced ACs:

Power outages from Hurricane Ida have folks recalling days before air conditioning, bringing memories of sweaty, dirty children coming home after a day of outside play.

He's one from our "Inquisitive Kids" file:

Dear Smiley: I first encountered autocorrect when I emailed you instead of the old "stamp on an envelope" method.

After I told of the bygone days when LSU football fans (especially ladies) got dressed up for games in Tiger Stadium, I heard from Philip Luchsinger with this sad story:

"What did people do before air conditioning?" is a question I've heard since Hurricane Ida wiped out much of south Louisiana's electric power.

Here's an amazing story about people helping people:

While the autocorrect feature on phones and computers can be frustrating, it sometimes gives us amusing "corrections."

There are those who regard LSU football contests as near-religious experiences, and Tiger Stadium as close enough to heaven for them.

Dear Smiley: Once, when I was on a train in France with friend Boquet from Terrebonne Parish, we shared a compartment with two young English ladies.

The auto-correct feature on our devices can lead to some memorable mistakes:

Katie Nachod, of New Orleans, says, "I like to tell folks one of my few claims to fame is that I was the second person in New Orleans to read John Kennedy Toole's hilarious novel 'A Confederacy of Dunces.'

Continuing our cheerleading stories, here's one from Bill Bankhead, of Baton Rouge:

Stories about post-Ida cleanup and helpers from far away bring this to mind:

Every time I feel a bit overwhelmed by the extent of Ida's impact on this area, I check my computer and find some little story that makes me grin and feel better about our plight. For instance:

Dear Smiley: I received an email from Ancestry.com listing "10 Baby Girl Names That Used to Be Popular."

Here's a Mike the Tiger story from 1950 we've told often over the years. There are numerous versions of it out there.

Our seminar on French drew this response from Bill Huey, of Baton Rouge:

While there was nothing remotely funny about Hurricane Ida, there were a few amusing incidents involving folks affected by the storm.

As a former Istrouma High School cheerleader (my one claim to fame), I've gotten a great kick out of readers' recollections of high school and college cheers.

After Scott Rabalais, in The Advocate's Friday Sports section, mentioned Dennis Quaid in the football movie "Everybody's All-American," I heard from Ronnie Stutes, of Baton Rouge:

Dear Smiley: In response to submissions about cheering, here is my cheering experience:

Examples of memorable cheers at athletic contests leads Bill Huey, of Baton Rouge, to see an opportunity to bring a little class to Tiger Stadium:

Our seminar on sports cars reveals that small, low-to-the-ground vehicles can be dangerous. We haven't mentioned this hazard: