This is Dispatches from Myrtle Beach with Charles Neal and my son Link from Good Mythical Morning. How you doing Link? Doing good, dad. How about you? Oh, doing good. Doing good. Uh, you’re rubbing your eyes and I, I can’t. I got something like, I got something in my eye. Okay. Well, didn’t rub. It’s getting better. Rub it just fine. I, I couldn’t help but notice that your fingernail is still black. When, when you, I. And how long ago has that been? It’s been many, many weeks. So like is it growing out, I mean it, does it ha, is it one of those things where like, your nail just has to slowly grow out of the blueness? Yeah. That, that, that would be correct. You know? Okay. You just, you’ll just have to keep growing out and I keep clipping it and it just keep coming out, but it don’t hurt, so. I’m glad it doesn’t hurt. I have had, I have had several people like you. Did that. I said, what in the world happened to your fingernail? I said, I just. I dropped something on it just another day at work. What, what, what have you been up to at your, uh, your other job, your harder job as you’ve called it? Yeah, well, just painting and, uh. Fixing some sheet rock and just doing all that different kind of stuff like that and making people’s, uh, houses and place look really good. And, uh, I mean, you still, you still find that you’re motivated to do it. You still engaged and enjoying it for the most part. Oh yeah, for the most part. Yeah. I mean, I work like. I just like, I want to, if I want to work four or five hours, I work like that. And if I want to work all day, I work all day. I just, that’s what I do. Okay. So I, I, I will tell you this, that your dad has changed his eating habits. How so? Well, I went to the doctor and that my A1C in blood sugar was a little bit higher than it usually was, Uhhuh. So as of this week, let’s see when this comes out. And this week, it’s been two months since I’ve eaten anything sweet. No cakes. No honey buns, no candy bars. Oh, nothing. And how, how difficult has that been? Oh, good God. It, it, well, it, it hadn’t been as difficult as some people might think it has because like Nancy tells people said he can just quit something cold Turkey and just not do it. I mean, I can’t do that. I mean, so, but you are pretty attached. You, I mean, you would say that you have a sweet tooth, right? Oh, good God almighty. What you talking about? Yeah. Hey, it don’t mean that, that when I walk by and then something sweet and I don’t have a hankering to put it in my mouth. Mm-hmm. But, uh. My, my wonderful wife and I had to come to an agreement that she had to quit cooking all them pies and cakes and all that stuff that I loved to eat. Yeah, yeah. Because it wasn’t doing good for me, so, mm-hmm. In about two weeks after I stopped, I had my A1C checked and it had went from like, 6.8 to 5.2. Okay. So that’s encouraging. That lets you know that, hey, this is working, I’m makes, you know, I’m at what I’m doing. So what have you missed the most? What has been the most frustrating or challenging? Probably the most frustrating thing is because every day Nancy would keep me some of them little honey buns or I’d, something like that. And I, I love a good honey bun. Oh, chocolate eclair. Oh, good God. Don’t even, I’m sorry, dad, I’m sorry for asking. But you know, when I would go to work and at break time, I’d always eat one, maybe eat a pack of naps or maybe eat two honey buns instead. Two honey buns. Well, it was just them little rounds, little Debbie honey buns. Okay. Not them great big ones. Okay. But, uh, that I have probably missed that more than. Well, I don’t know about more than having Nancy cook one of them pies and I’d have a piece of it and not easy. Sounds like everything you’re currently thinking about, whatever that is, is the thing that you’re missing most in that moment. Yeah, that’s right. But then you think of something else and you missed that the most. Yeah. What do you– And she used to keep, keep. You’re doing good. She used to keep them little candy bars in the refrigerator, Snickers and. Baby Ruth and all that stuff. And so she, she, she done away with those and put ’em somewhere. I don’t even have to look at ’em. Yeah. Good job, dad. So keep it up. I’m proud of you. But, but reason I brought it up, I have felt better and I seem to have more energy. Okay. Or. And sometimes, and I don’t think my, where I had the aching and stuff in my legs and stuff and that I have that as much either. So maybe it’s helped me to feel better. Yeah. Sugar is not, is not, doesn’t do the body good. And uh, for bad things about refined sugar. Yeah. All right. But I still do when I have a cup of coffee in the morning, instead of, and I was told this wasn’t good either, but instead of putting, uh, sugar in it, I put some honey in it. It make it a little sweet. Okay. So see, that’s supposed to be all natural, but it’s still sugar. But that’s the, that’s about the only. It’s probably not as bad. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, for, for you to have such a sweet tooth and for to, to be following through with it and to have to get some positive results, um, hey, hey, you gotta keep it up. You’re not, you’re not planning on, this is a lifestyle shift. Huh? This is permanent. That’s, that. That would be correct. Okay. Yeah. And you can have a cheat meal. You can, but you, but it’s gotta be, well, if I, Hey, when I, when I do do that, it’s going to be something that, uh, not just going in and grabbing one of them little candy bars, it’s going to be going to something where. Like at church where all them desserts is line. Because we had a thing with our, we had a thing with our Sunday at school class two weeks ago, and there was all kind of desserts going through there, and I didn’t eat any of ’em. Ooh. That was a test. So, uh, but one of these days I’m probably going to break bad when something had, you know, or go buy one of these nice donut shops and get one of them chocolate declares with the, uh. Creamy stuff in the middle of ’em and, and break down, but don’t see, that’s the good thing about it, is that when you deny yourself, you can also build up this expectation of like, oh, this is what I’m gonna have and I’m gonna look forward to it, and I’m gonna get it and I’m gonna eat it, and I’m gonna be fully present. I’m gonna think about it and it, and it’s going to be the best declare I’ve ever had. Not just another, not just another honey bun, but the honey bun. That’s right. Keep it up, dad. Now see for me, I, I think I’m pretty good at when I set my mind on stopping something, I think I do have that like you, but the thing that I do not have as a sweet tooth, I’m not a sweet kind of guy. I just don’t care. Like candy don’t care at all. Um, sweets that are like, I. I mean, it has to be very specific. It has to be certain ice creams or a certain special pie. But like going to a convenience store and seeing honey buns or any of that, that whole aisle, I’m like, I don’t, I don’t care. My thing is chips. I’m a savory guy. Like chips can do some damage to me and I can do some damage to chips, cheeseburgers, that type of stuff. And bacon, like I got an issue with bacon. So that ain’t a bad issue. Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. Well, the cholesterol of it all, you know, it’s like you’ve, you’ve given me high cholesterol. This is, this is one of your gifts that I’ve received from you. Yeah. But yeah, that’s my, that’s my, I’m trying to cut down on my, on my bacon. Yeah. On my, on my burgers, on my chips and my peanut butter. I ain’t giving up peanut butter. I respect that. I respect that it’s time for, all right, Mr. Neil, what you think of this reel? And we got some more paint videos, I think. Okay. And we got one from Sarah. Sarah. Sarah. Sarah. What you got from Mr. These? These ones that have been coming through lately? You know, some of them put you on your heels. They stepped, they stepped up. Big game the game a little. Yeah. Yes, they have. No more messy paint drops with this new electric powered paint roller. Simply insert into the can and allow the tubes to fill to your roller. Trust me, I was skeptical at first, but I was beyond impressed at how fast I finished this wall. Wow. The roller allows for continuous, nonstop painting, so there is no need to stop or deal with moving paint trays around. You can vet, I will never use another paint tray for any DIY again, so the paint squishes up through the bottom of the paint roller. Roller through the handle. Yeah. Are you familiar? Yeah. Yes, I have. Uh, as a, you know, I tried one of these things years ago, Uhhuh, and, uh, it was, of course she just had a little nine inch roller. I don’t roll with nine inch rollers. I rolled with 18 inch controllers. That’s right. And when you, that’s how you roll. Big and when, yeah. Well, I mean, you get, you get through a lot faster. Mm-hmm. But, uh, I don’t know, you know, it, it is just a lot of that, that pump that you have to clean out. Mm-hmm. If you want to use it again. Mm-hmm. You sure enough got to clean it out? And it’s uh, that paint don’t last that long, so you then you gotta stop and pour some more in there. I guarantee you that paint that that was in that thing didn’t paint that whole wall. You had to stop another time. Charles Neal pull some more paint has guaranteed that. So she is hoaxing it up a little bit. Now she said she would never go back, but how often is she even going back to paint? She doesn’t seem like she does it all the time. I. No. And you know, it was all well and fine for her to like it and do it, but it’s not part of my paint game because, I mean, people are so scared, dad of getting paint on ’em. Like, oh, the mess, oh my God. The mess of paint. It’s like. That’s just kind of part of it. Oh yeah. I mean, you gonna get pain on you and you know what? You can wash it off. You can wash it off. It’s like being a gardener and saying, oh, the dirt. Oh my god. Yeah. I’m, I’m, yeah, I, I’m making crops and I’ve got, but all the dirt. I just need some new technology that’s gonna keep me from having to get dirt, keep me from getting it under my finger. Nails somebody. Yeah. If you’re gonna paint. Just get in there with the paint. Just paint. Yeah. Get in there and get with it. Yeah. But yeah, I don’t know. I mean, the be even the best painters, there’s evidence of on their person, you know, if you’ve done a really good job, you’re gonna get, there’s gonna be some evidence of paint on your person, right? Yeah. People and, and you close too. That’s what I’m, that’s kind of what I meant, but because people ask me, I said, did you get any on the walls? They ask you that. I remember, you remember when I used to paint for you? I would have it, I would go by a mirror and it’d, I’d have a blue eyebrow. I’d have a, I’d have a orange cheek. I’d have, I’d have a white neck, and I was quite a redneck back then. So. You knew that I’d been, that I’d been painting. You knew you’d been painting. There was no doubt. Yep. Yeah, so people just, just don’t be so scared of it. And then you’re, you are having to do all this, you having to spend all this money on this thing that didn’t, you have to maintain, gimme a break, but I am interested. Yeah. I, I’m surprised that you said that you tried it years ago. It was on a different scale where it had the pump run and it had like, it, it run out of a five gallon bucket. So you didn’t run out of paint. See you, he’s, you are operating at another level. Uh, okay. But we’re not. Alright, just, just to be totally clear, dad is not impressed. He has had experience with this and so he’s speaking from the heart and saying, this is paint [bleep] and it don’t keep as much paint on the roller. You have to roll slower and make sure it’s. Pumped up there enough to he’s get enough on the wall. He’s still ripping it apart. He could talk about this for days, just how bad of an idea it is from experience. That’s what you get with dispatchers from Myrtle Beach. You get experience, you get authority, you get experience, and you get a jovial delivery. Well link. We got another one. Okay, we got one. We got one from Evan. Maybe this’ll redeem. Redeem ’em this. See what Evan’s got? That is some fluorescent green paint, I’ll tell you. Okay, so he’s hammering. And then just fiddling with the, it’s possible. It’s taken quite some effort. Oh, I, this is almost what they call A-A-S-M-R video dad. Woo. And see the, the beauty of the loop is that right at the end when you see how pristine it got, then you’re reminded of how. Hard. The paint was on this thing. Now, the first time you watched this, did you believe that it could be cleaned? Yes. And you would’ve gone through that amount of effort to clean it and not just throw it away? Oh, no. Oh no. I, I’d throw it away. Because, but I wouldn’t have had, I wouldn’t have had throwing it away Uhhuh, because I, I wouldn’t have left paint on my brush globbed up like that and let it got hard. Who does that? Not a professional painter. A hack, a paint hack Does that, I mean, because I le I left the job, uh, today painting. Mm-hmm. And I left my brush down in the paint. Where I can go back tomorrow and not have to get, I didn’t even have to clean my brush out and I took plastic and covered it up where it couldn’t get no air to it. Mm-hmm. And it’ll be just as pristine. I’ll just cut it out in the morning and just start right back painting. Just keep on getting it. I’m not sure if that was. A latex paint, either it may, that may have been a oil based paint. That okay. No, he stuck it. No, he stuck it down in water and cleaned it out a little bit. Yeah. They emulsify it, but it, I, I still don’t think this, it, they was something in that besides water. They make us, they make some stuff. That you, that’s called brush cleaner, where it’ll get all the stuff off your brush, Uhhuh, and they still had to take a wire brush. So when they got that paint on that brush and they got through, if they just washed it out, cleaned it off, went out there and washed it out, would’ve saved a world of hurt. Well, I mean, all that and all that hammering. And I don’t know where they cleaned that up at, but they, they made a mess with all that paint stuff somewhere and had to clean that up too. So, yeah. Evan, I’m sorry, but, uh, just when you get through painting, clean your brush up. Yeah. Principles. I. You gotta be principled. We’ve got a beach music festival coming to North Myrtle Beach on May the third. And if you want some tickets, we’ll have some things where you can look at it. And it’s got the California Honey drops, Jim Quick and Coastline and the Band of Oz. Great. And I think you, I think you buried the lead. Who else is gonna be there? The California honey drops. Keep going. I think it might. I think you might be there. Yeah. Yeah. And Charles Neal with Dispatches from Myrtle Beach is gonna be there too. See all y’all look it up and get the tickets and come see me. Check out the Mythical Society’s newest collectible, the mythical sticker book. Join third degree by April 30th to get this item included for free with your membership. More info@mythicalsociety.com. Spring is here and it’s time to make the most of it. Whether you’re hitting the trail, soaking up the sun, or just enjoying longer days. Factor makes eating well effortless. They’re fresh. Never frozen. Meals already in just two minutes so you can fuel up and get back to doing what you love. 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Listeners can grab Rosetta Stone’s lifetime membership for 50% off. That’s unlimited access to 25 language courses for life. Visit rosetta stone.com/dispatches to get started and claim your 50% off today. Don’t miss out. Go to rosetta stone.com/dispatches and start learning today. Hey, so you, you, um. You were not impressed. No, but, and I like that you’re a little bit feisty today ’cause you’re gonna need it to identify These do hickeys. Oh Lord. It’s time for another edition of What in the hell is this? Do Hickey. All right, so I’m gonna describe these images. If you’re just listening and not watching on YouTube or TikTok or wherever, uh, I will do that for your benefit. So let’s, let’s throw up the first image and I will describe it without saying what it is. ’cause that’s what you need to say. Dad, this is, well, dad, why don’t you describe what you’re seeing actually before you say what it is. It, it is one of these plates you put together? Uh, well, I don’t see, yeah, it is some cheese on it, but it’s, uh, something for, it’s a party platter with all kinds of cheese and meats and olives and. Uh, something on it, crackers and all that stuff. So now what is the official name for it? And I’ll give you a hint. My wife has an honorary degree in making these, it’s, this is a, this is a big thing. Well, I’m gonna, I’m gonna think I can get this right, but is it ca, is it called a charcuterie? Kinda, there’s another word after that word that you butchered. You butchered the first word, but uh, there’s a second word. That is what it’s on that you just say it again. A charcuterie. That is, that’s charcuterie. That’s the another body part. That’s, that sounds like a body part, but it’s, um, I’m good at body parts. It is the. It’s the food, but then you’re not, but the second part is the thing that the food is on. Well, that looks like just a, a round Yes. Little lale thing. I don’t, well, LA it’s big though. It’s as big as a pizza pan, basically. But it’s made of, it’s, they’re typically made of wood. So what would you call that? A wood charcuterie? Well, it’s, um, it’s, and it’s, it’s wood. And it’s flat. It’s a very basic name. What’s a, what do you call a piece of wood that’s flat? A, a flat piece of wood. Yeah. And you might line ’em up to build a house, a board. Yep. So put that all together. A charcuterie board. Charcuterie. Charcuterie board. That’s right. All right. Describe this next one. What do you see? I see some, uh, I seen these things, but, uh, cartoon. Adventure people, cartoon adventure people. Okay. Um, and there’s a, there’s a term for it. Do you know, do you know where, um, where this, it’s a special style of cartoon adventure people? Uh, no. You know, uh, would you say that this looks, um, American, like an American cartoon? No. Okay. That’s, that’s correct. It is not. Because if, if you look at that girl’s eye, see how big that eye is. Yeah. And even her pose is kind of a hint. Well, you can talk to me about this all day long, and I ain’t going to, I’m not gonna be able to tell you what it is. All right. So it, it, it different, different people, different, um, you know, different countries originate this type, but it, it originated ultimately I believe in Japan. Okay. Okay. It’s a Japanese style of cartoon adventure people. Uh, so it’s a special name that starts with an a. It’s a style of cartoon. Uh, what’s a, what’s a, a word anomaly. Oh, okay. What’s the, what’s an, a word that means cartoon. Uh, a word that means cartoon. Yeah. Um, like Disney movies or what? I couldn’t tell you. When you draw it, you draw a picture, it doesn’t move. But then if it, if you draw a bunch of pictures and you run ’em together, it starts to move. And that’s called. It starts with a, a, it starts with a, um, moving cartoons, Kaia scope, animation. Animation. Okay. So if you short, if you shorten that, just take the first two, th first three syllables of that. That’s what this is called, an animated Japanese No, first. No. First three syllables of of animation. Anima. Say the long word. Say the long word. Animation. All right. And then just say the first three syllables in the same way. First three syllables. Enema. Yep. You got right. Not an enema. Anima. Anima. But it ends in a, in a hard a sound. Anima. Yep, that’s it. Anime. It’s called Anime. Anime. You never heard that? No. Okay. All right. Well, let’s just go a little bit more pop culture. Who, who, who is this? Uh, Mario. There you go. All right. So you know who Mario is. You know who his brother is? Uh. No. That’s sad. Okay. Next one. And who are these people? Let’s just start with the woman. Let’s just don’t worry about the guy. Nobody cares about the guy. Well, uh, just for this conversation. Uh, just a good looking actress. Now you’ve seen her before on Good Mythical Morning, where you played like a Gen Z guy or something, and I think that’s what you said then. Sexy girl. Sexy girl. So now she’s a good looking actress. So she, she’s moving on up in your world? Moving on up. Yeah. You don’t remember her name Starts with a z. Zeta. Close. Not, not, it’s not– Zeta. It’s not Catherine Zeta Jones. This is, she’s much younger than her. Zita. Zen? Zenday. I think it’s day right? Is it day or die? Yeah. Zenday. Zendaya. Oh, so you got it. I kind of gave it to you. Yeah, I’m trying, thank you. And that guy with a, with her is Spider-Man. Uh, alright. This last one, another pop culture icon. See if you can identify. Who this is. Describe for the listeners. You, you don’t want to, you don’t want me to say who I thought this was to start with. Fine. Just say it. Who do you think? Who did you think it was? Looked like y’all, uh, got Rhett dressed up in one of these dresses. Really? Well with all that hair. You, so you think that’s, that’s Rhett’s hair and that’s gives it away that this is Rhett. Well, I don’t know if it’s, but you know, he has long hair, but it, you know, it is like everything else, it kind of. You could, Hey, you could, you can do me and fix me up with all this hair and stuff. It, it kind of looked like you might’ve done Rhett like that to me. Okay. So you think this is Rhett in drag? This is, yeah. That’s not right. I would say. I know it ain’t right, but I would just. That’s a good guess. Well, no, I’m saying it’s fine. It’s not wrong. Well, your answer was wrong. Yeah. Let, let’s zoom, zoom in even more. Maybe give him some more information. Any other guesses as to who this iconic pop culture person is? I can’t think of her name. Um, I can’t. I’ll give, I’ll give you a hand, I’ll give you her stage name. Her stage name is Topo Chica. That don’t help me any Topo, Chica. Topo Chica. Like the drink. [L]: Topo chica, topo chica. [C]: Topo chica, topo chica. Like the drink, like the sparkling water. Topo Topo Chico. Topo Chico. It’s like Topo Chico, but it’s Topo Chica. You I, I’ll give you another hint. You have met. This icon. I have met her. Yes. You quite enjoy hanging out with this icon. Hmm. Well, I, I am interested to know who it really is. You, you have their phone number. Oh my god. Topo Chica. So instead of being Rhett, it’s Link. That’s me dad. That’s me. That’s me on the weekends. Topo Chica, you. It was red. You because you, you saw a little bit of familiarity in there from the beginning and you were like, ain’t no way. That’s Link. Yeah, that’s me. Yeah, that’s me. Um, so pretty, pretty impressive. When did, when, when did you get to be Topo Chica? Every, just, whenever it strikes me. Like I said, it’s usually on the weekend. No, this is a, I think this has been a couple of years now. Um, yeah, we did a little video where I learned how to be a drag queen. I highly recommend it. Well, you, y’all, this one ought to be on. Don’t, don’t tell Nana. I’ll tell, I’ll tell RT that, uh, me in drag makes you think of him. That’s, I can’t wait to tell him that. Yeah, he might not like me anymore. Oh, that his kid. How do you think Link looks? Yeah, I’ll take any compliments. You, he’s, he is a pretty, I mean, if, if you want to be a drag queen, look like he, he would be a good one. Mm-hmm. Hm. Well, I don’t think you need to quit your day job, though, but, uh, okay. All right. What do you do? It’s like everything else we do, whatever flips you, switch, I reckon. Mm-hmm. It was, it was fun. I wouldn’t say that my, my switches were permanently flipped, but I, I’d say temporarily I had quite a good time. Well, I have dressed up in a dress and had big boots and had a blonde wig on too, but mm-hmm. It was for a woman less wedding. Okay. So maybe you did get a little something from me that you don’t know about. That’s right. A little to Topo Chica from, I don’t know what, what was your name when you did that? Uh, I think I just. Charlene. Keep my Charlene or something. Yeah. Okay. Well, Link it, it was fun for me to learn a lot of stuff today. Yeah. Yeah. It’s an educational show. It’s educational for the, for the host, for the, and. It was fun having you all. You Myrtle Beast here with us today and we’ll be back next week for another one. And don’t forget to follow and subscribe where ever you get podcasts on YouTube and while you’re at it, rate and review us on Apple Podcast. And if you got a question, comment, or story you’d like to share with me, email me at ratherbshaggin53@aol.com. See, keep sending them questions in. Mm-hmm. And y’all have a great rest of the week. I love you Topo Chica. I love you too, dad.