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Cat’s Paw

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
1. Self-Evaluation 1: Are you ready? 8
2. Self-Evaluation 2: Are you willing? 11
3. Self-Evaluation 3: Are you able? 15
4. How to Apply these Techniques 18
5. Around the House 1: Easily misidentified poisons 22
6. Around the House 2: Electromechanical mishaps 31
7. Around the House 3: Suffocation and asphyxiation 50
8. Around the House 4: Combustibles and explosives 64
9. On the Road 1: Car maintenance often overlooked 79
10. On the Road 2: Hazardous roads in your area 89
11. On the Road 3: Trains, buses and trolley cars 97
12. In the Air: Was Amelia Earhart a suicide? 106
13. On Vacation 1: International safety analysis 111
14. On Vacation 2: Nature can be unforgiving 118
15. In the Hospital: Incompetence magnified 125
16. Final remarks: Don’t make it too tidy! 132

Introduction

First, caveat emptor! If you seriously intend to make use of the
information in this book, purchase it with cash. DO NOT use your
credit card; it, like the dustjacket, is imprinted with codes which
will be scanned and linked electronically at the point of sale. Later,
even if you have destroyed all traces of owning this book, that
computer record may be retrieved by an insurance investigator and
become the basis for rejecting your survivors’ claim. You might
even consider traveling to a book store distant from your usual
haunts; because of the nature of its subject matter, purchasers of
this manual may be remembered months later by the occasional
sales clerk with photographic memory.
Extreme precautions? You had better get used to them. If your
last act is to be a success, it will have to be approved by some very
tough critics. Insurance fraud is a growth industry in our debt-
ridden and litigious society, and the underwriters have developed a
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