...and that's the only thing we can do to move North Carolina forward. So I'll leave this with you. I'll see my friend again. And the day I spoke at his funeral was really, really tough. But again, in my lifetime, I hope I can continue to be like Ed Jones and tough the people of North Carolina, because that's what life's about, making it the best place to be. His legacy was, it's time about the time we pass; it's about the job we do. I commend the resolution to you. The Speaker Pro Tempore: Representative Earl, please state your purpose. Rep. Earle: To speak on the resolution. The Speaker Pro Tempore: The lady's recognized to speak on the resolution. Rep. Earle: Thank you. Mr. Speaker and Members, I want to talk to you about my friend. When Ed came to the legislature, Representative Palmer and I kind of took him under our wing, if that was possible. You know, back during that time, you could go out to dinner and not be criminalized for it, but we could go out to dinner, and very often I had opportunities to put together a group to go out to dinner. So we would always include Ed. And you know when you would go out, there would only be a small group, so you don't spread the word around to everybody that we're going out to dinner, because everybody wasn't invited -- five or six or seven people would be invited, so you don't spread the word around, you just go. Well, somehow or other, Ed didn't understand the protocol. And he would tell everybody, ask somebody, you all going to dinner? You going with so-and-so tonight? And so many times I had to pop his hand or give him that look that you know, you should not do this and I used to ask him, Ed, are you a slow learner, or is this just an Enfield thing? You know, from the Enfield. And he just never quite got it. I know one time we went to NCSL in Washington state. So a group of us were invited to go across the water to the island, and then another group was invited to go out to dinner later on after we got back. So of course, everybody that went on the cruise did not get invited, because I was putting together the dinner for that night. Well, we ended up with about four or five different people on the dinner that night. The restaurant was packed, overflowing because we brought five too many people along with us, because of Ed. And like I say, he never quite caught on to that process. And I miss him so very much. I really missed him when he left going to the Senate, but I thought it was a good move, and I told him right away that this is what you should do. Ed was a kind man, he was considerate, he was just a good person. And he would always come to the races in Charlotte, the Memorial Day race, and even up until the last, I think Mary Ann said he drove all the way from Enfield to Charlotte for the race. And oftentimes, when we would go to the conferences, in the very beginning, Mary Ann didn't go, so [??] and I were kind of responsible for him. So then, later on, Mary Ann started going, and we would always ask him and try to make sure that he knew everything that was going on. And he really loved his wife and his daughters, and he talked about them quite often. Also, I just want to say, Ed liked sporty collars; he always had a sporty collar. I used to tease him about being in a midlife crisis. He had a Corvette one time and then another sporty, so he always kept a sporty, nice shiny car, and when I heard that he was...