h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Nice tale, seems we have a shared family trait!

I suspect so.

At least you didn't bury him while seated on his tractor (or did you?).

My grandfather on fathers side had some peculiarities I can still remember. He was so used to the boiled potato/vegetable/piece of meat kind of meal that he also mashed his fries and poured gravy over them when he was eating at our house.
Once during dinner, he caught a wasp with his fork, swiftly cut it in two with his knife and then went on eating with those as if nothing happened.
Both my grandfathers must have fought in the second world war, but neither told if they had killed someone in the process (or anything at all about the experience really). One of them did kill a neighbour's dog that kept tearing at his trousers. He did warn the owner beforehand and made sure his pocket knife was really sharp. (being an engineer who made all of his own tools from scratch, I suspect that it was really very sharp).
He only haunted my uncle during life, because he was living in with my uncle. The guy never married.

Somehow those sound like descriptions of people you would be related to. I mean, judging by your novels...