This is Dispatches from Myrtle Beach with Charles Neal and my son Link, from Dispatches from Myrtle Beach. Haha, you remember? How you doing, Link? I’m doing good, dad from Dispatches from Myrtle Beach. Yep, yeah. Well, it’s been a couple of, but we made it through switching to and learning to live with daylight savings time again. Oh, don’t, it takes me like half the year to get used to stuff. Springing forward- And you got to turn back. Yeah, yeah. Longer days, I welcome it. I welcome it, longer days, shorter nights. The end is near. I’m feeling good though. I’m feeling good. Oh yeah. Yeah, it’s nice, it’s warming up and the trees is blooming and- Everything’s blooming, look at this, see? You notice this? I got something growing down my arm here, down. You see that? I’m going in, in a couple of days to get this… Filled in? Plant on my arm filled in. You see that? Yeah. Although, I’m gonna give you some advice, dad. I learned it a little too late in the process. Don’t get a tattoo on the inside of your elbow. Good gracious. Ooh baby. That right there is the spot. And when I got this, when he went in there and was doing this line work, I started texting Christy and everybody else that I, and Lily and everybody else I know, I was like, I am, this is another level, like, I have not been in this much pain. I’ve had all this other work done, you know, like six hours, nine hours, but nothing like what felt like right there. And now I gotta go back in, in a couple of days to get it filled in and I’m just gonna be, I’m gonna be in some kind of way, but pain is temporary, plants on your arm is I’m told permanent. Forever. Yeah, yeah. If you gonna go through that much pain, you won’t want to have ’em took off. You kind ought to know that, because I hit my elbow this morning, and I thought- Right there. Oh my God, right on that bone right there, right there, and that’s it. Yeah. Oh my goodness. So, I could have told you that, and I think I remember your cousin Lance saying the same thing about the one he got when he gotta doing that around his elbow. That it was- The spot. It was some kind of tough, yeah. And even down here when you get to where like, in your wrist where your watch would be, it’s very painful down there too. So many people get tattoos down there. I was like, oh, that’ll be nothing. But then like down there, it’s like, I mean, that was pretty painful too. The skin is pretty thin down there too. It’s a sensitive area. Yeah, so. I can’t back out now. Oh no, and I can tell you one thing, unless lightning strikes me again or something- Again. I ain’t getting a tattoo. Yeah. I don’t know, I think if you come back out here to California, and Lincoln said he wants to get a four, and he was like, “Dad, I want you to get a three.” And you might have to get a two or a JR or something. Yeah, I hear you. Think about it. It doesn’t have to be big. You know, you might get further with me with Lincoln talking to me about that than you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it, I get it. And it ain’t that I don’t love you, but he is my grandson. Yeah. Well, I’ll let him know that it’s up to him to get you on board. So I think we getting pretty close, so you probably gonna bring this up, but, Lily turning 21. Yes. Yeah. Actually we’re planning a big party for her, you know? So she’s coming back from school- So you, is your mama coming out there for that? No. She’s coming out, oh, oh gosh, this is a whole thing. So just as a side note, mom is coming out, and you know who’s coming out with her? My sister? Nope. Another guest. Oh- My mother-in-Law. Chrisy’s mom. Oh my God. She’s never- She’s gonna finally fly? Been on a plane ever, and she’s flying out here. Yeah, it’ll be after that. So I can give you an update later. But we’ve laid the plans for it. Mom and Mitzi are coming out here together, and I’m going home. I’ll be home, so we’ve coordinated where I will be flying back with these two women. And they said, well, Mitzi told mom, “Well, you can hold my hand on the flight.” And I was like, yeah, and if you need me, you can wake me up. I just wanted to go ahead and prepare ’em. I’m there if you need me, but I’m not gonna be awake for the flight. You can wake me up, but I will not be awake. I’m just gonna let you know that. So maybe you need to get, because your mama’s flew before, so maybe- Yeah, I don’t know how it’s gonna go. Just get something to drop in Mitzi’s drinking when she, after she, right when she sits down on the plane, then she kind of just go out in Lala land. Well, wait, you want me to roofie my mother-in-Law? Dad, come on. Just have her be at ease, Link. Well, but I don’t want a roofie her. I mean, that’s just, it just seems weird, and wrong, you know? I mean, I could encourage her to roofie herself, that’s different. Yeah. Well, okay, I’m sorry, I apologize. She’s not, it’s not like she’s, she’s not B. A. Baracus on the “A Team.” I’m not gonna hit her upside the head with like a, a tire iron or something. She wakes up in another time zone. You remember they had to knock Mr T out every time he got on a flight. Yeah. You know, big man’s got a weakness. So yeah, that’s gonna be an adventure in and of itself down the road. But back to Lily, yeah, you’re right. So for her 21st, we were like, Christy was like, “Well, let’s make a, let’s have a party. Let’s make a big to-do outta this.” And so, she’s coming home from school, but she’s inviting her close friends from school and her close friends from high school, so college, high school and then like family friends. So it’s gonna be like a, and then friends that she has in LA, friends that she’s made through the internet, like her various fandoms on the internet. And pretty much everybody’s saying they’re gonna be able to show up. Now, we’re very excited about it. She has decided- But where are you having it at? We’re gonna have it at- You ain’t gotta say that, but you, you’re not having it at your house. We’re gonna have it at the creative house, where Rhett and I work. It’s like, it’s set up to have a good party. And Lily has decided she wants it to be a 2000s prom theme. Oh. So, I mean, she was born in 2003, so I guess that’s why she was thinking 2000s. Also, I really think the genesis of the idea was she loves to go thrifting, and she always comes back with these fantastic dresses that she finds, like high dollar gowns that she finds at thrift shops, and she’s paying like $4, $10, $20 for these things. The dress that she, you know, some, she’ll come home and she’ll go to the Streamy Awards with me. She’s done that a few years, a few times. And she’s- I saw the last dress she wore. We were there, flying out the day or the day before. Yeah, she paid- And that I think that it was green. Yeah. She paying like $10 for this dress. Yeah, and that thing was out of this world. And so, like this 2000 vibe is like a cool thing. And she likes finding these dresses, and I guess her friends do too. Or she’s saying, “Well, you can get a cheap dress, you can kind of dress up.” And so it’s like everybody’s gonna be dressed up, and Elkhound Snugglebaby is going to be the DJ. Oh man. Yeah. I hear you. Yeah. Okay. So, I gotta brush up on my 2000s set. Honestly, I’m not the biggest fan of 2000s pop music, you know, it’s like… So, I really gotta work a little bit harder. I’m more of a 90s guy and then a current guy. It’s like that 2000s, I don’t know. The whole NSYNC, Backstreet Boys thing, it’s just, I have a hard time playing music that I don’t like, so I’m trying to find, there’s plenty of 2000 music that I do like, but I gotta give ’em some crowd pleasers, you know? That are not really my cup of tea. Sounds like she’s got it going on, getting it ready, so. Yeah, it’s gonna be fun. She’s ringing in her 21st birthday. And I had an idea for us. You know, last week I talked to you about some doohickeys. I thought this week you could help me out with my DJ set by just seeing how you vibe with some of my 2000s selections. And thought the best way to do that was to give you sections of lyrics and see if you can complete the phrase. How’s that sound? Okay. That sounds good to me. Yeah, I’ll try. And then you can tell me if you think it’s worthy of being in my set. It’s time for our first edition of, Guess That Bop, Pop! All right, you ready for this? You ready for the first one? Yeah, I’m ready. All right. This song from 2002 by the artist Nelly, called Hot In Here. It’s getting hot in here, so hot, so? I want to take all my clothes off. Dad, you got it, kinda. It’s getting hot in here, so hot, so? I want to undress myself. Well, not yourself. Oh. This is an imperative. This is Nelly singing to everybody else, presumably on the dance floor. It’s getting hot in here, so? I can take my shirt off while I’m dancing. It’s getting hot in here, so hot, so take off all your clothes. Yeah. Yes. So I’m gonna give you that one. You’re right on that one. Okay. But I do think there would be a ring to him singing. It’s getting hot in here, so hot, so I’m going to take my shirt off on the dance floor. All right. This is from 2007, Flo Rida. You like Flo Rida? Yep, I thought so. You know, I’m sorry, no. No, you don’t have to apologize. I don’t know who Flo Rida is. Okay, it’s okay. Maybe I’ll- Well, you might know this song. Shawty had them apple bottom jeans, boots with? Diamonds and lace all over. Okay. No, no softer than that. Shawty had them apple bottom jeans, boots with the? With the, with fruit on them. Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fruit on them. That could work. That’s not it though. It’s something more soft to the touch. Boots with the velvet on them. Shawty had them apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur. The whole club was looking at her. But I like more fruit, that’ll work. I think you’ve improved on it. All right. Lil John in 2002 on the smash hit, Get Low, sang, to the window, to the window. To the wall, to the wall. Till the? Hmm, to the window, to the wall. Oh Lord, boy, you got me on this- I’ll give you another word here. To the window, to the window. To the wall, to the wall, till the sweat? That drips down my body. Oh man, that was so close. It’s not, it’s more, that was basically it. But you need to be more specific. To the window, to the wall, till the sweat drops down my? Crack of my ass. It rhymes, dad, it rhymes. To the window, to the wall, till the sweat drops down my? Balls. Yeah, you got it. Yeah. Till all these bitches crawl. Okay. All right. All right. This one’s kind of snazzy from 2009. The Black Eyed Peas. You like Black Eyed Peas? Yeah, I think I’ve heard of the Black Eyed Peas. There you go. Don’t know if I know any of the songs, but I heard of ’em. On Boom Boom Pow they sing. I’m so three thousand and eight, you’re so two thousand and? 22. Okay, well it, it rhymes, again, that was your hint. I’m so three thousand and eight, you are so 2000 and? Balls. Yeah, that’s it. I’m so 2000 and balls. You’re so 2000 and balls, yeah. No, it’s, I’m so three thousand and eight, you’re so 2000 and late. Oh. Like it’s a year. Okay. See, get it? But I, again, I like yours better. All right. Your thoughts on Beyonce? Kind of one hot mama. Okay, good, yep. Can’t argue with that. What do you think about her foray into country music, dad? I did not know that she was foraying. Well, she is, she’s releasing a country album. What do you think about that? Well, I’d love to see the videos that comes out with that. Yeah, I feel you, I feel you. Okay, yeah, I agree. All right, so in 2006, before she was a country music artist, on Irreplaceable, she sang, to the left, to the left. Everything you own… Gone to the left. Okay. Yeah, that’s pretty much right. To the left, to the left. Everything you own in the? Home is gone to the left. Hey, that’s pretty good too. To the left, To the left. Everything you own in the home to the left. Yep. Everything you own in the box to the left. I think you, I think you did better. I think you should now be like one of those guys who comes into the studio and helps punch up lyrics. You call him the balls man. Gotta put balls in it. All right. Again, you, another week of me teaching you something, but you surprised me this week, so thank you. Okay, all right. Well, you surprised me. Are you talking about Beyonce now is doing it in 2024? Yes. Doing a country album? Yes. Oh okay, I gotta check that out. Yeah, yeah. Watch the videos. Well maybe she, hey, the Country Music Awards is coming out about the time this is coming out in April, see she’ll be on the Country Music Awards. Maybe so, I hope so. That might make me watch it. I’m telling you, okay. Dispatches from Myrtle Beach is sponsored by BetterHelp. 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Okay, I got a email from Alyssa and it says, “My partner wants to finish a long delayed project in his house, and would love your advice. The breakfast nook part of his kitchen was originally wallpaper. The wallpaper was removed years ago by an unknown method, and it has existed this way ever since. We are wondering if you would be able to tell us whether we should do any additional preparation to the surface before adding texture. Also, wondering if you have a paint color you think would work well with the existing colors, but make the room a little less pastel. Neither of us have much knowledge in this type of thing, but we’re going into this project. Guessing these steps would be texture, prime and paint. Okay. A lot of people have problems with wallpaper. Oh lord, yeah. I mean, if you don’t know what you’re doing and it’s according to how it was put up there initially. If it don’t come off good, it’ll, and I seen a picture of this wall. Oh really? Okay, let’s see it All them little brown places and stuff is where get pulled a rock off the Sheetrock. That does not look good. That looks like a suspicious public restroom stall. It’s pretty bad but- Okay. But don’t lose heart because Charles Neal is here to help you, Alyssa. There’s a lot of things, if you’re going to put texture on the wall, and this according to what kind of texture you’re going to use, if you’re going to use a sand-based texture like they do in a lot of homes in Florida and places, or you’re going to go to one of these, these stores that sell these paint products, and you can buy these sponges and put it on the wall and put different colors, two or three different colors, and two or three different steps. But if you’re going to do something like that, you are gonna need to fix some places on that wall with some Sheetrock mud. And that’s probably the best advice I could give you is the, before you go to painting and priming the wall and everything, you need to get some Sheetrock mud and try to get that wall back smooth again. But you gotta start over, you gotta smooth it all out. Oh yeah, you need to fix that mess. And if you don’t know how to use Sheetrock mud, why not just prime it and keep the texture, and don’t worry about it, nobody will notice. That’s what I would say, is that bad? Just you could prime it with a good primer that’ll fill in some of those holes. They make a primer that’ll kind of fill in and do those hole in those little, where the Sheetrock is pulled off the rock on it. So, you know, you could do that. But the safest thing to do is to fix the wall and then fix it however how you want to. You can just prime it, and then you can paint it one color and it’ll look good. What color are you recommending? I kind of picked that, I didn’t know exactly what color you had, so I got… Can you… I can see it. Okay, the color in the middle at the top is kind of like the green you got on the walls. And you sent me a thing where I think it was the Sunflower over here that you liked, but any of those colors that would go with what you’ve got. One of ’em is Sunflower and one of ’em is Osage Orange, and the Decisive Yellow, and the Gusto Gold. Oh, Gusto Gold. I like going for the Gusto, ’cause you can say we went for the Gusto. It’s one thing to paint a wall, it’s another thing to have a good saying to go along with it. But yeah- I’d go for the Gusto. What was the other yellow? Decisive Yellow. Yeah. Well, I mean you need to make a decisive decision. Yeah. Dad, I love to see you hard at work over there. It’s just a master at work, that’s why I just like witnessing it. But I’m gonna say Gusto, just because of the name, is that a bad reason? Well, I kind of like that color, but I don’t like it as well as the Sunflower, she picked out, or the Decisive Yellow. Okay, well, let’s go with Sunflower. I’m just not a gold person. Okay. I just, that’s just my opinion. You might like that gold- All right, well- But it would go with that green. All these colors would flow and go with the green. All right, Alyssa, he’s put you in the territory. Now you have to make a decisive decision and go for the Gusto, but you might wanna smell the Sunflowers. Yeah, that’s right. So good luck with your, whatever y’all decide to do, but- But you need to do something, like get it done. You got a good idea, follow through with it. You didn’t tell me where you lived at, so I kept- Because that wall is hurting. So, you know, what part of the country, and who am I kidding? We couldn’t track you down and look through the window. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But hey, when you get through, you got my email address. Send it. Send us a picture back so we can see what you did and- Take credit for it. What y’all did to the walls, because I want y’all to get that done, just like Link said. So it’ll look a lot better in there. My wife would’ve done run me off if I hadn’t have done fixed something if it had been that long. Or she’d have hired somebody else and it’d already be done. Oh right, right, you couldn’t have that. Well, I hope that helped. And if y’all got any painting questions out there, y’all send them in too. I might can help you and I might couldn’t not, but I’ll try, and we’ll see. But look, Link, it was fun having you here with us today. All of y’all having Myrtle Beasts with us today. We’ll be back next week for another one. And don’t forget to click those follow and subscribe buttons wherever you get your podcast, and on YouTube. And while you’re at it, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. And if you got a question, comment or story you’d like to share with me, email me at ratherbeshaggin53@aol.com. And y’all have a great rest of the week, and we can’t wait to spin your world again next time. So y’all come on back, you Myrtle Beasts. And I’ll be talking to you later, Link, and I love you. All right, love you too. Bye-Bye.