Ahhhhh, my friend's back and knee are back to normal, which is in the dull ache discomfort level and he's feeling a lot better about the entire experience rhis morning. Oh, what a day of playing music and not shoppin' will do fir the body and soul...
However, the mind readin' thing still haunts him since he knows that the scenerio will play out over and over...
I think GUEST is correct in seeing my friend as "doomed"...
But in the words of my father when as a rather nieve 12 years old and dove of the roof of the house into a 6" deep blow up pool to impress the girl next door and was not feeling to perky right after the dive: "Shake it off, son, shake it off..."