I have never met Ed in person, but we talked a lot in 2007, maybe over 10 hrs. sometime 1 1/2 hrs. at a time. I found him to be very knowledgable. I don't know if you guys know or not, but his problems all started when he was severly beaten in a robbery, his whole face was beaten in, jaw broken, kicked it the head,etc.
I for one will reach into my pockets to help him, even though i'm also on SS.
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