Sorry for the threadjack, but for parents of kids growing up way too fast, the movie About Time referenced late in the article (starring Domhnall Gleeson) is fantastic. Yes it is!
My dear husband gave me a Moisin-Nagant (1920) sniper rifle for Valentine’s Day several years ago, because nothing says I love you like a sniper rifle!
You definitely want to let the pipes run. I live in a very new house (10 yrs) and year three of ownership the interior bathroom tub pipe froze and broke resulting in the ceiling in the entry way filling with water and collapsing. It cost us several thousand dollars to repair. Turned out the contractor didn’t put ANY insulation in the north side of the house. What ever the water bill costs you, it will be less than the money to repair a broken pipe and walls/ceilings. Oh, I’m in Omaha were the current temp is -1.
If it's anything like human ITP the ‘cure’ of choice is to remove the spleen. In humans it can be caused by a virus. Has your cat been sick? Is there a surgical option?
I used to deer hunt in that area as a kid and there’s all kinds of noises that you never want to hear out there. A bull elk tiptoed into camp one night and let loose a mating call. As I had never heard elk before all I could think was Sasquatch was going to rip off the top of the car and kill me. That bull elk is probably still giggling about that.
I’m in Omaha. One does need a permit to purchase handguns. The Sheriff’s office has them. If one lives in the Omaha metro, the handguns also have to be registered with the Omaha Police Dept. You buy your permit, you take it to the store, they check it out, you buy your piece, they give you the receipt you take it downtown to the OPD HQ where you stand around while they ‘check it out’ some more, after they stamp the receipt you take it back to the store and they give you your gun.