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Taps,

I was just kidding. But I think I will write that short story.

posted by mneme on October 14, 2006 at 1:35 AM | link to this | reply

Frankenkitty, I agree with that psychiatrist.  It works for me.

posted by TAPS. on October 12, 2006 at 8:44 PM | link to this | reply

A psychiatrist once

told my mom that denial was a survival skill.  People deal with things how they can when they can.  Interstates scare the crap out of me.  I'm glad you made it to where you were going

posted by Flumpystalls3000 on October 12, 2006 at 4:50 PM | link to this | reply

WOW, TAPS~, you sure know how to tell a story.  I've witnessed some terrible  accidents in my lifetime too, most recently this past Labor Day, and they stick in my mind yet today.

I'd much rather think about the food you discribed.  Yum Yum

posted by MaggieMae on October 12, 2006 at 3:33 PM | link to this | reply

U r mmost welcome Betty

Paz!

posted by ILLUMINATI8 on October 12, 2006 at 10:56 AM | link to this | reply

YPunday, I have a soft place in my heart for the Hispanic people.   I wish them a happy time as they celebrate their heritage.   Thank you.

posted by TAPS. on October 12, 2006 at 10:49 AM | link to this | reply

Taps- u showed me that places are real in the mind--we alone can destroy

places, counties, towwns, stores, cafes we once visited and loved.

shalom

                 

posted by ILLUMINATI8 on October 12, 2006 at 10:44 AM | link to this | reply

avant-garde, I have seen so many bad wrecks in my lifetime that I could do nothing about, but they left imprints on my mind that flash back at times and I can see them in perfect detail even though it was so many years ago.   You must have an awful lot of those.

posted by TAPS. on October 12, 2006 at 10:44 AM | link to this | reply

mneme, I'm sorry if my post kept you up.  I shall have to be more careful about what I write. 

posted by TAPS. on October 12, 2006 at 10:40 AM | link to this | reply

OFFBEATS, I hate driving anywhere around the big trucks but I'd rather be behind them than in front of them or on either of their sides.   I try hard to drive defensively at all times, but one can't be too timid either.  That's no good.

posted by TAPS. on October 12, 2006 at 10:38 AM | link to this | reply

TAPS

Wow that was a bad one. Big rigs scare me and the thought of plowing into one. My daughter in law was killed when her van went out of control on black ice and a mach truck hit her straight on. Very sad...

Your meringue pie description has left me craving a sweet..

posted by Offy on October 12, 2006 at 10:16 AM | link to this | reply

Taps

I hate to drive by car accidents too.  Once coming home at one in the morning we passed a car on its roof.  I woke up next day with a short story in my head. I've been trying to think where my mind's oasis would be - still thinking. My mind is packed so full of nice places; I guess it selects its own... this is going to keep me awake now. 

posted by mneme on October 12, 2006 at 8:36 AM | link to this | reply

:~)

posted by _Symphony_ on October 12, 2006 at 5:36 AM | link to this | reply

TAPS

It's a weird phenomena to witness: people standing around laughing at death scenes. But, having been there, I realize that to allow oneself too closely to it would debilitate one from being able to deal with it. 

posted by avant-garde on October 12, 2006 at 3:01 AM | link to this | reply

The mind has a way of releasing

us from coping with too much at one time.

posted by Tanga on October 12, 2006 at 2:15 AM | link to this | reply

The mind's coping mechanisms are great.

posted by fionajean on October 12, 2006 at 1:20 AM | link to this | reply

The mind is a myterious thing isn't it?

Yummmm...chicken noodle soup. Well maybe not my mind.

posted by Whacky on October 12, 2006 at 12:22 AM | link to this | reply

Amazing that the mind can focus on the good stuff...

...great coping mechanism.

posted by ginnieb on October 11, 2006 at 8:15 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS, the mind has its own defenses against overwhelming trauma

and I think that what you're talking about is a form of "dissociating", or going elsewhere, to find a safer place. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, it's a defense.

Anyway, speaking of Lafayette, that reminds me of 'The Swamp Fox," my own and only famous relative, Francis Marion, interesting the turns the mind takes us on, indeed.

posted by Blanche. on October 11, 2006 at 7:45 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS

Dang, now you tell me. I was coming for supper. That sounds so good!

posted by Justi on October 11, 2006 at 7:44 PM | link to this | reply

Time will heal.

posted by A-and-B on October 11, 2006 at 7:11 PM | link to this | reply

ThomasFranklin, You are right and it has to be that way or life would stop.

posted by TAPS. on October 11, 2006 at 7:02 PM | link to this | reply

Life goes on and we soon forget pain. I passed a gruesome wreck once. I thought about the dead mans family and how they expected him to be coming home. I still remember that wreck. Saw a dead man in the middle of the road too. It was obvious that he broke his back. I remember him too with his red hair. Life goes on and we drive down the road never expecting anything to happen to us.

posted by ThomasFranklin on October 11, 2006 at 6:57 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS

It is a blessing that you have an escape hatch for your mind luv.

posted by WileyJohn on October 11, 2006 at 6:04 PM | link to this | reply

Pat_B, I love your mind trip as described in your comment.   That's a good place to go.

posted by TAPS. on October 11, 2006 at 2:02 PM | link to this | reply

MarieClaire, Until victims are identified, families notified and names released to the press, there is nothing one can do but pray for those involved.  Worrying does absolutely no good for anyone.

posted by TAPS. on October 11, 2006 at 2:01 PM | link to this | reply

Jacenta, Ever since a dear friend of mine died in a horrific crash a few years back on the way home from the State Fair (same highway), I always have a quick flash of fear that it might involve someone I know and love.

posted by TAPS. on October 11, 2006 at 1:59 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS-

Taps, that is terrible for those involved.  I think it is a needed coping skill to think of something else when there is nothing we can actively do to help.  You know you are one to be an active hero.  It had to be difficult for you.

posted by jacenta on October 11, 2006 at 1:41 PM | link to this | reply

When I need a mind trip I think of a beach and walking along it early

in the morning, the cool mist and fog, the cry of gulls, and on a good day on the right beach, maybe a seal bobbing in the surf.  Or I think of a campfire, of that trip we took once, how we ate camp stew under the stars and enjoyed the fact that our clothes smelled like wood smoke. Beats heck out of the TV coverage of a building on fire or a multi-car pileup.

posted by Pat_B on October 11, 2006 at 1:40 PM | link to this | reply

that crash sounds horrific, thank God you were not in it...

while you spare a thought for the poor victims, there is no sense on dwelling on the event if there is nothing you can help with. I don't mean that in a callous way, it is best to think of happier things like you did.

posted by marieclaire66 on October 11, 2006 at 1:31 PM | link to this | reply