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In the wee hours of the night, while putting together the usual 48 pages of this issue of The John Cooke Fraud Report, a little problem arises. We’ve run out of space waaaay before we’ve run out of material. In fact, seven-plus pages of stuff are waiting for insertion and there’s, like, no room. So, as is my usual modus operandi in a trauma situation, I call my husband at home and do what I do best … whine.
“Consider the facts. At 48 pages, you are already 16 pages beyond what you started at. Newsprint costs have increased 100 percent and postage is up 10 percent since that time. So cut back down to 40 pages like you promised months ago, and hold 16 pages of material until the next issue. That way,” he reasoned, “you’ll be almost half done before you even start.”
If there’s one thing a wife hates, it’s when her husband makes too much sense. If there’s one thing a husband hates, it’s when his wife ignores his excellent advice, casts reason to the wind and does it her own way instead.
Welcome to the biggest, jam-packed John Cooke Fraud Report ever. Please don’t get used to it! By increasing to 56 pages, we have outgrown our printer’s ability to run the paper as one section. That’s why this issue is a two-section product. And that’s why, as you are reading this, I am probably lying on the couch with a cold towel on my head, my tummy full of extra-strength Tylenol, my hands clutching a truly disgusting printer bill.
It’s been a hectic two months. The September/October issue went out nearly a week late (I hate when that happens,) because of a print quality problem with the first printing. We ordered a second printing and it arrived on the 7th. It was the week from hell, but everything did work out. Due to the double print, however, we still have nearly 10,000 papers with blurry ads but very readable text. If anyone out there in insurance fraud land wants a complimentary bulk box of the S/O issue, just ask and it’ll go out UPS the same day. These puppies need homes.
And now, might I ask a favor? Please take just a few minutes of your time to fill out the form on the inside lower left part of page 55. Your thoughts are very important to us. It is your input that determines the direction taken by each future issue of The John Cooke Fraud Report. Maybe one of you readers, with goodness in your heart, will ask me to go to Bermuda for a few weeks to do a story on insurance fraud. No assignment is too difficult!
Finally, to each and every one of you, thank you for being part of our 1995. Your support and encouragement have been supreme and it is with full sincerity that all of us here at the JCFR wish all of you a wonderful holiday season and a happy, successful 1996.
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