[Music] [Music] This is Dispatches from Myrtle Beach with Charles Neil and my son Link from Good Mythical Morning. How you doing, Link? >> Doing good. Feeling a little spooky today. >> Oh yeah. You love Halloween, the Halloween season even more than I do. >> I think and might be your favorite. >> I like Hey, I I like Halloween pretty good, but boy, my wife loves Halloween. Lord have mercy. Cuz she loves dress up and go downtown and go to all the places and all dressed up. >> She likes to get dressed up and pretend to be somebody different. >> That would be correct. So yeah, >> she likes for you to be you want you like to do duos duo dress up which um you know >> by everything we’ve done that’s the way it’s been >> and usually she likes you to be the subordinate like she’s the boss. >> That that would that would also be correct. >> Yeah, that’s good. You like to play you like play into that dynamic a little bit. >> Yeah. Play between being her being Ms. claws and I’m one of her little elves and >> right >> uh and uh I >> you were cave people but she was clearly in charge. >> Yeah, she was the cave woman that was all dressed up and I was the caveman getting pulled around, told what to do and just all that. >> It’s great. I love that. It’s always like this like power assertion thing which is just so good to me. I mean, what? >> And then listen, what’s funny about that is she ain’t like that nun in real life, but when it comes to Halloween, >> hey, that’s her time to be in control. >> So, do you know, are you cooking something up for this year? It might be a little delayed in us getting a uh a picture of it. I understand. But, >> well, she wanted to do the caveman thing again this year >> if it ain’t broke. But I don’t know what >> she asked you to bring back a wig from here when you were out here. Did you do that? >> I forgot. >> You forgot? Well, you can always you they probably sell wigs in your side of >> Oh, yeah. There’s a place down here. Yeah. Yeah. They listen, there’s a place down here that sells Hollywood uh Halloween costumes. It’s open 12 months of the year. >> That’s every single one, Dad. I mean, so >> that’s what Myrtle Beach will give you. They’ll give you year round Halloween costumes or just a costume shop. >> It’s a costume shop for all kinds of different things, but it’s it’s basically Halloween stuff. >> But then they also have Christmas year round down there. >> Oh, yeah. >> And then they got fireworks, which is Fourth of July year round. They sell fireworks year round down there. >> It’s a party state, y’all. I mean, anything that you can celebrate, like we’ll just, you know, we’ll just keep it going year round. >> You know, whenever you want to come in here, we’ll be here for you. It doesn’t matter if doesn’t matter if it’s Easter, we can give you a little Halloween action or vice versa. >> I mean, I bet you there’s probably a Easter store that’s open year round down there. >> Sure. Well, there’s a place to buy Easter clothes and stuff, but >> Easter clothes. >> Nice. Nice clothes. Yeah. >> All right. What you got for us today? Well, I I got a holler out to Cody said, “I’m 41 and I was born in West Virginia, but has spent most of my life in Florida. I’ve listened to every episode of your podcast at least three times.” Well, Cody, you the man. You’re the man. >> Well, that is that automatically a good thing. Okay, I guess it is. You’re the man. Well, I Yeah, if you look at Keep looking at it must mean you I Hey, when I watch movies over and over, I you know I >> That’s right. >> I like them. >> Yeah. >> You know, sometimes you miss something the first time when you watch it >> and the second time >> and the second time. So, >> I have never listened to a podcast more than once. I will say that. Not even those like educational ones with like a lot of information. But that’s my loss. Cody, holler out. >> Yeah. So the me he says the men in my family have never shown feelings before. I was raised that showing emotions makes you weak. My little brother Sunny was murdered in two October of 2018. >> Oh my god. >> I I never forgave myself for never telling him how much I loved him and how my and now my father’s health is declining. Listening to you and Link tell each other every week that you love each other has given me the courage to call my dad and tell him I love him and how much he means to me. He still hasn’t said it back to me, but at least now he knows how I feel. I love the podcast and just wanted to thank you both for everything you do. >> Wow, that one took an unexpected turn. Just a little bit of murder and but a lot of love. So >> yeah, >> uh >> Cody, I don’t you know e everybody’s family is different and according to what kind of what era you grew up in like your >> your daddy and of course you you’re about the same age as Link is. So he he must be pretty close to what my age is. And >> Mhm. >> I know people that’s my age that don’t show their emotions with their children and don’t tell them they love them and everything, but look, but I had a mama that when I was growing up, she told everybody that she loved him. >> Yeah. And >> she was open about it. And she was open about it like that with me and then with Link. And >> well, would Papa say he’d would he say I love you? Cuz certainly by the time I came along, he would. >> Maybe not. It’s maybe not until after I was not a teenager anymore. >> Okay. All right. I hear that. All right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Yeah. He had he had too he had too many other things he had to say, Dad. It’s not that he wouldn’t say it. It’s just that he had so much he had to tell you at every turn. >> All you mortal beasts have heard some of my stories about me growing up. So, he was he uh he was just trying, >> right? >> Hope I made it long enough that I’d come to my senses and he could tell me I loved him. He loved me, >> right? He he love the best way to love you is to continue to try to to lecture you and then there’s just no, you know, you run out of words at a certain point. >> Yeah. But uh >> but Cody, I the thing that I the thing that I think is most important about what you told me and Link is that you told him that you loved him and he he sees it. He knows it and it it might not be today and I know you said his health was declining, but I I feel pretty sure. But I’m just going to tell you the only other thing I’ll tell you about this is don’t stop pedling. You know, me and Link tell each other every week that we love each other. And I and people see it and and know that it ain’t just something we say at the end of the podcast. It’s something we say that we mean. So just keep telling telling him and uh it’ll probably come to fruition that um he’ll end up telling you. But if if something happens to him and he don’t ever tell you, he he knows that you loved him. So I think that’s what’s the most important thing about it. Yeah, thank you so much for sending in uh this email, Cody. I you know, it’s very touching and it’s nice to hear that such a simple gesture that we that we have. I mean, it’s not the first time we’ve heard it. >> You know, it’s it turns out to be one of those things that people keep bringing up because it’s powerful. And when it comes to that, it like you said, there’s a generational aspect and you know, the the the father-son thing of it all. I don’t think there there’s not there’s not a lot of podcasts out there. There’s not a lot of there’s not a lot of opportunities. What are you doing, Dan? You’re sitting there rattling something in your hand. I’m I’m trying to >> just hold on. >> I’m trying to say something serious and you’re just you’re rummaging some some rapper in your hand. >> I still love you, son. >> He’s like, “Oh, this is my chance.” Link saying Link saying something heartfelt. I’m going to go ahead and start rustling this paper. Dad, were you are you production smart? Do you know that Logan could edit out your audio entirely? Is that why you were doing that or were you just trying to distract? >> I I I have kind of learned that a little bit, but I I’m sorry. I didn’t realize that you could really hear Russ. >> It was so loud >> and I didn’t hear I couldn’t hear it in my head. So, >> well, what is it? What is it that you’re fiddling with down there? >> I think right. >> Is it a cough drop? >> I’m getting me a cough drop. >> Okay. >> Okay. Well, it’s it’s wrapped in like the most crackliest paper. I crackly paper cough drops >> from Charles Neil. [Music] >> I don’t even think it’ll do it no more. >> I don’t even remember. You know what? I don’t love you anymore. It’s over. You’re never gonna hear from me again. That’s what you get for rattling your paper while I’m trying to say something. I ain’t never going to say I love you again, >> Cody. Cody, I’m sorry. >> It’s over. >> The love is the love is gone. >> Crackling paper. >> But like most everything else in my life, it’s my fault. So everything will be all right. >> If anyone else said that, it’d be them playing the victim. But dad’s just owning up to it. >> That’s good, Dad. That’s healthy. All right, I’m back on board. Since you since you owned it, it’s always your fault. I love you again. >> I love you again. >> You know, >> most of the time it has been. >> And I’m going to tell you, I missed I missed those couple of seconds that I didn’t love you. I missed it. Didn’t feel good. So now I’m back. I’m back on board. >> Okay. >> But yeah, rest in peace, Sunny. Uh thank you for sharing that, Cody. and uh give our best to your dad. Tell him tell him that we love him, too. We just a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck. >> See if you can get him to look at the podcast and listen to it. >> That’s right. >> Just I ain’t got you ain’t got to do it but one time, coach. Just >> pick pick pick this one out after you you hear it and then just let him look at it. >> Available on YouTube if you want to look at it. Well, Link, we got we got another holler out to or from I I don’t understand this holler out too. >> Uh Claremont and Kathleen. Anyway, >> wait, Dad, you’re the one who gives a holler out. So, you giving them to people. >> Mhm. And these are >> Okay. Now, okay. Now, now I’m understanding. >> It’s exactly the same as every other time you’ve done it for the past. How many years have we been doing this podcast? Three >> three years now. >> Over >> over three years, Dad. >> Yeah. >> It’s what you’ve been doing the entire time. Nothing different at all. >> Like, >> so >> you just got a new perspective on it. >> Sound like you might as well get my room ready when we moved out. >> Yeah. I’m working on I’m trying to once I figure out where Bise is. I’ll get you I’ll get you I’ll get you a turnown service. You know what I’m saying? >> Okay, I’m going to give a holler out to Claremont and Kathleen. It says, “Hi, Charles. Just saw this on a discount store website here in Australia.” >> Okay. >> And my fiance and I agree. It’s you. Hope you get a laugh out of this. And Logan’s going to pull up the picture. >> It’s you. Okay. T is the season. Dad, I’ll let you describe for those who are only listening to the podcast and can’t see this image. Can you describe what they have sent you? >> It look it looks like might be me dressed up like Dracula on a head stone or something. But uh >> it’s a bust. It’s It’s from the collar bones up and it’s it’s I think it’s a fake >> cement. >> Yeah. >> Halloween demon bust. >> Demon bust. >> It’s all like stone colored. >> Oh yeah. >> I can tell you right now they are on to something. I mean it really does look like Do the do the do the like show your fangs. Make the same facial. Look right at me. Look at the camera. Yeah. And then open your mouth a little more. >> And like just don’t show the bottom teeth. Just show the top teeth. >> Yeah. Yeah. And look at look straight ahead. Look at me in the camera and do it. Only show the top teeth, but smile more. >> Yeah. Look at me. Don’t look at yourself. Look at me. >> I was looking at the >> Yeah. Keep looking at the Don’t I mean, don’t look at me. Look at the camera. Look at the camera. I’m trying to do a side by side. He’s turning in a profile. I don’t know why. We do. >> I know. >> You think? Well, it’ll happen in post. There you go, Dad. All right. There it is. It is a dead ringer. If he had on a tall collar up there, I agree. >> Yeah. >> You could be a demon model for for Halloween. >> Probably looks more like me than this thing Brandy got on. You still have that up there. I didn’t You got to You got to warn me when you going to pull up that bobblehead. That’s a ugly ass bobblehead. I I didn’t know you still had it right there. That thing has not made an appearance in a while. Oh my goodness. >> Planning a trip this fall over the holidays? Imagine how much richer your experience could be if you could greet locals in their own language with Rosetta Stone. You’ll feel more confident in real conversations. Whether you’re traveling abroad, visiting family, or just exploring somewhere new, Rosetta Stone has been trusted for over 30 years, helping millions of people learn faster and retain longer with an intuitive, immersive approach. 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Well, year years ago when I was growing up and I was before you’d ever ever been there ever ever been thought about. >> Okay. >> And when I was in high school, they used to have a place that we could that you could go swimming up the river road called Aapokco. >> Mhm. And it was a gravel pit, but it had a big cliff on the side of it. And it had some of the guys before us or something had went up there and they measured how far the cliff was to the water. >> Mhm. >> And it was 65 foot. So >> that’s >> me and several our friends skipped school one day. That’s the first thing we weren’t supposed to been doing, but we uh we just had to take a break. >> Yeah, it’s it’s tough to just keep doing it. >> And we got in the car and it was warm like the first of May and we all went up there and said, “We going to go up there and jump off a off the cliff at Aapulco.” And we all got up there, four or five of us, and nobody would jump. And I finally just said, “Where the hell with it?” And I run off and jumped. And I didn’t dive. I jumped. >> Yeah. >> And and hit the water. And of course, you didn’t have to worry about hitting the bottom cuz it was about 60 foot deep, too. So, you know, if you hit >> That is a long way to fall, though. That’s long enough to fall, think about falling, forget you’re falling, remember you’re falling, and still be falling. >> Yeah. >> How did it feel? >> I mean, I landed kind of pretty straight and just on my feet and went straight on down in the water. And then when I come up to the top, I looked up and I’m pretty sure it was John Baker. And hell, he was jumping off. He said, “Well, if you can do it, I can do it, too.” So, >> I hope you got out of the way. >> We were We was the only two that did it. So, >> well, I don’t know if you know this, but I’ve got an addendum to your story. >> Oh. >> Um, cuz once you dig a gravel pit and you fill it with water, it tends to just remain as it was for >> Oh, it’s generations. >> It’s still there. >> It’s still there. And by the time I was in high school, we had heard about this place, Aapoco Lake, cuz it wasn’t far from I mean Nana’s house. >> A mile from a couple couple miles from the house. >> Yeah. >> And of course, this place had been closed. It was it was a they had they let people go in there and swim for for a while but by the time I was in high school it had been condemned and closed for years. I had never seen it in operation. And but but I I am right that for a while there it was opened up as like a a swim a swimming hole that you had to like pay and there would be like every all the military guys would come up from Fateville and like jump off the cliff. >> At least that’s what >> Jimmy Hatland Jimmy Hatley and uh Fuzzy Arnold opened up a club down there where you could buy beer down there. It was a little club you could pay to go in there and go swimming. >> That Yeah, that had to have been crazy. So, by the time I come along, it’s all fenced in. And if you instead of going down there to the entrance, if you if you kept going up River Road and then you just parked on the side of the road, you could walk across and you could climb the fence. >> Yes. >> And when you That’s what we did. >> When you climb the Yeah. We when we climbed the fence and went over, you’re basically right there at the backside of the quarry where you would jump off the cliff. >> That’s that’s how we went in. >> And we a group of us one night said, “We’re going to do this.” And we went there and we jumped the fence at night and it was no moon. >> It was a dark night. We had flashlights, but you didn’t want to use them too much because it would give, you know, it would draw attention. And so we were there and we I mean there might have been six, seven of us, girls and guys. And I don’t know who jumped off first, but I don’t think it was me. But it could have been me cuz it was you. So if it was you, it might have been me. >> Yeah. >> And >> but I didn’t do it at night. >> It was And it was pitch dark and it’s like, well, I know this is the edge and I know that. So, and I know that people jump off this thing and that was so scary, but we did it and we talked these girls into doing it. I know Rhett was there and the twins were there and it was it was a it was a bit crazy and I would hate for Nana to find out or any of anybody to find out, but you never heard that I did this? And we would jump off with our shoes on because the impact would hurt your feet so bad. And you had to keep you had to make sure to keep your feet together >> because if not something else would feel the impact. And if you didn’t jump off just right, one of the girls jumped off and like she was leaning back and like so she almost landed on her back. I think by the time we did it, it >> I don’t think it was 65 ft. Maybe it was less than that. Maybe it got shorter over time, but it was still >> I don’t think so. >> I know from experience. >> Next time we next time I go home, I’m going to ride up there and make and climb over the fence and check it again. >> All right. We’re going to we’re going to measure it. Next time I’m back, you and I are going to go there. We’re going and we’ll you and I can jump off. >> Yeah. Uh I don’t think that’s going to happen. It hurts to hit and it hurt her back and like then she was like coming up and people have died out there but usually there’s alcohol involved or if you don’t move out of the way before the next person jumps and if you land on somebody you could easily kill him. >> Kill them. >> So yeah, let’s not tell Nana about this at all. >> Why don’t we just call Nana and see if she knows anything about this place? >> I just said the exact opposite. But sure. Sure. But we’re not going to say anything about us. Okay, I see where you’re going with this. We’ll be on her side. >> Let’s see. >> And of course, when we call Nana, she never can hear me because I have to get Dad to relay everything I said. So, why didn’t she answer the phone? >> I call she probably don’t hear. >> The person you’re calling isn’t accepting messages right now. Let’s see if Let’s see if I call her. Oh, Lord. If you call her, she’ll probably answer. >> Okay, now I’m calling her. After talking so much about not telling Nana, we sure are pretty intent on telling her something. >> She’s probably on the phone talking to somebody else and she won’t hang up. Look at how fed up you are about. >> Calling isn’t accepting messages right now. >> Isn’t accepting messages. That’s smart. I need to get one of those. I need a voicemail that says that not accepting messages cuz I don’t re I don’t listen to the messages. I have 157 unlisted to voicemails right now. And you know what? Who the last one is from? Nana. >> Hey Link, my first grandson. my beautiful grandson and handsome grandson and I love you so much. And I received 12 beautiful red roses yesterday and we’re enjoying them and I love you so much. >> I’ll talk to you later. Bye-bye. >> Byebye. Oh, I need to save this. This is great. Well, maybe she’ll call. Does she even know how to see if she missed a call? >> I don’t think so. >> Okay. >> She just guesses who if she was talking to somebody else, but she said sometimes I think she might can hit the button. >> What do you mean she guesses that she calls you and says, “Did you just call me?” >> “Did you just call?” >> And sometimes she’ll be right >> once in a while. Okay. >> But sometimes, but most of the time. >> Hey, darling boy. >> How did you know it was me? >> Well, you called me two times and I couldn’t find my telephone. I forgot where I put it and I’d put it down in the rollator. >> Okay. So, you had to dig it out of your rollolator. >> Yeah. Well, >> you are you are you sure that you weren’t on the phone with somebody else and you were screening my call? >> No, I don’t screen calls. I don’t know how. >> That’s fair. But you weren’t talking to someone else on the phone. >> No, I was not talking to anyone on the phone when you called two two times. >> Okay. >> But I did call someone trying to find out. I called Teresa to see if she called and she said no. And >> and uh >> so you were guessing who called you? >> Yes, that’s correct. >> And and dad told me that that’s what you do. And by the way, this we’re recording this on the podcast. Is that okay? >> That’s fine. >> Okay. So, I’m talking to dad and he says, “Hello.” >> Say hello. >> Hey. Hey, Dad. I mean, hey, Mom. >> Dad’s confused. Dad, I’m talking to Nana. Dad says, “Hey, Well, he does. I call him darling. >> Um, I got your voicemail about the roses. >> Oh, you did. That was a month ago. >> Well, I I just I know, but I just wanted to just wanted to acknowledge >> you have ever seen. >> Oh my god. Dad Dad Dad is losing himself. Brad is laughing so hard right now cuz he cuz you said it was a month ago. >> Yeah, I know. It was >> more than they were pretty but they’d already opened up. >> Okay. >> But those week months before last were absolutely perfect. >> So, how is um how’s your new situation? I know you you’re getting settled into a new um house. How’s that going? >> Well, it’s fine. Theresa is good to me. >> Okay. >> And it’s not my house, but I knew it won’t be my house. >> Yeah. Hey, >> and I’m satisfied. >> Speaking of your house, do you remember uh Lake Aapoco? >> Yes. >> Up there near your house. What do you remember about this place? It was a lot of feet deep. >> Mhm. >> And soldiers from Fort Bragg would come up there and there was a drowning near about every month. >> Oh, a drowning. >> It was just so deep and so steep. >> And they would jump off the cliffs, right? >> Yeah, they jumped off the cliffs. And >> I’ve never been there, but you Papa would tell me what had happened. >> Okay. I’ve never been there either. And would you believe that dad’s never been there? >> No, I I I hadn’t thought about that. He’s been everywhere else. >> But you know, so you don’t believe that he’s You believe that maybe he’s been there? >> No. Uhuh. If he said he hadn’t, he hadn’t. >> Well, I didn’t say that. >> Yeah. >> But do you >> I don’t think he would jump in cuz it’s Some of them said it was 100 foot deep. I don’t know. >> Okay. Okay. >> There’s two cliffs. >> There’s two clips there. >> She’s been over there. >> Oh, well, you might need to ask her. Has she gotten any trouble over there? Did you get in any trouble over there? >> She didn’t go up there. And neither did me or dad. Did >> Would you What if I told you that I did that? I jumped off of that cliff. You wouldn’t even believe it. >> No. >> Why? Because >> Because you would know it was foolish to do it, >> right? And and if dad told you that he had jumped off the cliff, you what would you say to that? That you knew he was lying. >> I don’t think you would >> because >> all of those deaths. >> Yeah, >> they had I mean there was it was not just two or three over the years. It was quite a few. So you don’t have to be the smartest the sharpest tool in the shed to know that it’s a stupid thing to do. >> That’s right. >> Why would Why would he ever do that or me? Why would I ever do that? We would >> Yeah. Yeah. Why would you? >> Because you get enough sense not to. >> Exactly. Well, we just wanted to make sure that you knew that that there was nothing to know. Okay, that’s good. >> So, don’t you don’t you worry at all. >> And I love you so much, too. >> I love you, too. You know, we were talking about how dad was talking about how you never hesitated to talk about how much you loved him. And matter of fact, everybody, it seemed that you told a lot of people that you loved him. >> I did tell him I love him, too. >> He just didn’t hear it. No, he he did hear it. >> He did. He said that you said it a lot and that it made a difference. We were talking about that. >> The good thing about loving people is that it does you don’t run out. In my observation, you never have run out of love. >> That’s right. >> The more that you give, the more that there’s more right underneath. >> Yeah. You all your babies and your wife, I love you. I love them all so much. We’re We’re um >> I know your babies are grown up, but they’re still >> They’re still the babies. They’re >> still my little children. >> And who knows what what fences they’re jumping over and cliffs they’re jumping down. We don’t even know about it. >> Yeah, that’s probably true. >> You just you raise them the best you can and then you just hope that they make the right decisions. >> You made a you both have made good decisions. That’s right. Both meaning me and dad. >> No, you and and Christie, >> right? Yeah. We’re not talking about dad making good decisions. >> Well, he’s made some good decisions. >> Mhm. Well, it’s been great talking to you. Usually dad talks to you and then I have to talk through dad. So, I’m glad I’m the one who called you this time. >> All right, darling. I love you. >> I love you too. >> Love you too, mama. >> Dad says he loves you, too. She’s gone, though. Sorry. >> She gone. >> She’s gone. >> Sorry, Dad. >> Well, see, so don’t tell Nana cuz now we’ve we’ve doubled down on this that like I mean, she believed in us, Dad, that we would never do such a foolish thing. And then all these years apart, we both did the same thing. And I didn’t even know that you did it. And did you know that I did it? >> No. >> I thought maybe I told you at some point, but crap, Dad. I feel bad now. I feel like we got to use our brain more. We got to be smarter about this. We got to make we got to make >> better decisions. It’s never too late to to not jump off of that cliff. But we’ve already made plans to go back. >> We’re going back, but I didn’t say we jumping off. We’re going we’re going to lower a thing and see how see what height it’s at now. >> Yeah. >> It’s time for match my freak. Whatever that means. >> All right. So, one last thing before you kick me off of here, Dad. You going to you going to match my freak or whatever? >> Yeah, I’m going to match your freak and I’m going uh >> Uhhuh. >> Oh, here comes the glasses. He’s putting on the link glasses. According to Google, he has now become me. And what do you what do you Who are you, sir? >> I’m Link. I’m Link. And uh >> Oh. When I was growing up, my dad and I when I worked for my dad, it was it was something. I mean, my dad put me in the hottest little hose painting that I have ever been in. I thought he was trying to kill me. I mean, it was just terrible that he he he would just be downstairs painting and doing stuff and the other guys. And here I am up close and in the attic. >> Oh. >> And painting around. And >> wonder why why would he do that to you, Link? Wonder why he did that to you. He uh he finally told me one after I got through after about a week or two. I said he said, “Link, I know I think you’ve been hard on me and you’ve been and you’ve been in some tough holes and done some stuff that you didn’t want to do.” >> And I and but you did do them. You did well at it. And the reason I did it cuz I wanted you to go to school and get an education and not have to work like I do all my life. So that’s the reason I tried to put you in those situations. >> This is what your dad told you, Link. >> That that’s what my dad told me. >> And did that work? >> Did it have an effect? >> Well, how did it affect you? I I think it profusely had an effect on me because uh I I really didn’t I won’t real crazy about painting and then I weren’t crazy about working on the farm either and all that hard work and it hot. So >> So you are you saying that you don’t like to work hard? >> Oh no. I I I work hard if it’s something that I like to do. Are you saying that >> I enjoy >> your dad is the reason why you are successful a successful entertainer? You trying to say that’s because of your dad? Well, I don’t I the the first part was he made me successful that night. I I did go to school and get me an engineering degree and I had a pretty good job doing that and then it worked out to where now I’m in the entertainment energy industry and doing what I do and making a pretty good living at it. So, you know, uh I probably have a little bit that I need to thank him that uh uh from where I’m at. So >> So you’re saying that you’re you are who you are because your dad put you in hot holes to paint. I think that that yes, that’s that’s probably the way uh why I’m because it was hard work and I’m not afraid of hard work because of it, but I’ve worked hard to get to where I’m at and and there’s different kinds of hard work. So, you learn what you learn from. >> So, why don’t you just go ahead and and and um I bet your dad’s listening right now. Something tells me that he is Link. So, why don’t you just tell your dad, just give him credit for everything that you think that uh your dad deserves? >> Well, I I I don’t know how much credit I my dad deserves, but he he does deserve some from teaching me how to work and have good work ethics and to do different things. So, >> so talk to your talk to your dad directly. Say, “Dad, I want to thank you for Well, Dad, I want to thank you for teaching me about uh work ethics and uh if you’re going to do something, do it the right way. Cuz uh he he always said, “You didn’t do that good enough, go up there and do it again.” And >> yeah. Yeah, he did. Uh, and you have to just re he he you know I remembered those things and from growing up and dad thank you for teaching me that I needed to do things right and ever with what endeavors I do do them like it’s the only thing I want to do and go on to the next thing and do it as well as you can do it. Sometimes it ain’t perfect, but uh I’d like to thank you for teaching me those things. >> Okay? And just go ahead and say it. Dad, I am so I would not be where I am without you. Dad, just go ahead and say it. >> And Dad, I am where I am because if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be here. [Laughter] All right, you better take them glasses off before Google starts putting more pictures of you as me. I mean, we don’t look that much alike yet in terms of age, Google. >> Oh, man. >> I don’t know. Yeah. I don’t know how I did for Google or not, but uh >> you really link I don’t know if you missed it, but Link just came in here and gave you a lot of credit. I’ll turn a link. I I I I did learn some of that, you know. I was like, I don’t think I want to be on this um in this hot hole forever. I got to stay in the AC. I’m a AC boy. kind of like when you went from that job into uh from your engineering job and u somebody didn’t think they ought to let you work there and keep raising money for >> right >> uh campus crusade that um you you had to go so you called me and said >> dad I need a job son make some money to make sure my youngest and I said just come on back down here you can go to worked about two weeks. >> Mhm. >> Two weeks. We were painting a church. >> Then I found something. I got another offer. >> And the and the same people called him back and he said, “Dad, I got to go out here and take this call.” And he went out there and took it and he come back in. He said, “Dad, I got something to tell you.” And they said, “What is it?” He said, “Can you pay me this amount of money?” And I said, “Not no, but hell no.” And I said, “Just get your stuff and go on back to work up, bro. I’ll be all right.” So, yeah. >> You know, but he lasted about two weeks and kind of knew what he was doing. He hadn’t forgotten. So, >> yeah. >> So, >> well, Dad, thanks for thanks for get teaching me those life lessons in the hot holes. I am better for it. >> Well, all you Myrtle beasts, it was fun having you all here with us today. And we’ll be back next week for another one. And don’t forget to f to follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcast and 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 ratherb shagging53 aol.com. And y’all have a great rest of your week. 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