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Sep 25Liked by The Mindbender Club

Hi Dom. I've never written or called in before, but today seemed like the appropriate day to write and express my gratitude for the past 30+ years. I stumbled across your show in October 1993 when I was a freshman at the Colorado School of Mines. I listened to the Mindbender almost every day, but I really became a loyal listener when I worked at the Kodak plant in Windsor during the summer of 1995. They played 100.3 over the intercom 24 hours a day. I never want to hear "We've Got Tonight" by Bob Seger every again. Over the years, whenever someone would mention the Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men duet that was #1 on the charts for a record number of weeks in 1995, you'd say, "I'm not familar with that song," and I'd yell at my radio, "Because you were playing We've Got Tonight every three hours for the entire year! Dom and Jo-mama my ass!"

The closest I came to participating was in November 2001. You had a feud with a rival morning show (Greg and Bo on 105.9) and you invited Amy Freeze on the air for an hour during your charity marathon. Amy had a daily segment on 105.9 and was blissfully unaware of the feud. You and Jane said, "We're on the air with our friend Amy Freeze" with smirks on your faces at least 20 times that hour. I waited patiently for her to say something that I could take out of context and when she did, I wrote to Greg and Bo. The next morning, when Greg and Bo read my email, Amy protested, "That's completely out of context. You're in deep do-do, Richard!" They set up a webpage to take a poll whether to fire her or not. Fortunately, I have a degree in Math and Computer Science, so I was able to bypass their one vote per computer limit and voted around 14,000 times out of 16,400 total votes. Without my votes, she would have been fired by a 59-41% margin. After that traumatic experience, I became a passive listener. I also decided to start a monthly donation to the Food Bank of the Rockies. For some reason, my name would always come up on your list and you'd thank "Richard from Golden for his monthly donation" on the air almost every year.

I've listened from 6:00 in the morning when I got into my car until you signed off the air every day. I even delayed all meetings until 9:30, so I wouldn't miss Rattle Off. I retired in July 2021, but I still got up to listen to my boyzzzzz. I loved listening over streaming so I could hear profanity. I still laugh about the woman who only got four answers to Rattle Off, paused and then said, "Motherf$#&#er." Unfortunately, after you moved into the new building, the dump button worked for streaming, too.

There are so many things I'd like to thank you for, but two things in particular. The first was when you talked about the roadtrip you took after your dad passed away. Ever since, whenever I need some time alone to process something, I go for a car ride. The second was when you mentioned that someone told you that your foot pain was caused by tying your shoelaces too tight a couple of years ago. I had the same problem and loosened my shoelaces and my foot pain has vanished. I can walk around for hours now without pain. It was just a few seconds on your show, but it changed my life!

I look forward to hearing you on KOOL in a few weeks. As a tribute to you today, when I went through the Chick- Fil-A drive thru, a young man handed me my bag and said, "You have a good one." I replied with a straight face, "Thanks for noticing."

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Richard, thank you VERY much for the thoughtful note. I truly appreciate you listening for so long. I especially enjoyed your "shoelace" memory. Ha! It was my son who'd lectured me about his laces. I'll let him know that he's impacted other lives, as well.

Thank you again, and all the best to you and your family.

D

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Sep 25Liked by The Mindbender Club

Hi Dom, I've been a listener for about 25 years, and am just glad this is only a change and not a goodbye! I have already programmed your new station on my radio! I will be listening on 10/7. Best wishes with the new gig!!

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Cindy, that means the world to me. Thank you!

D

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Dom, not sure what prompted the change after 32 years, but I wish you the best at Kool 105. I love Jeremy and Josh, and will divide my morning listening between you all.

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Meriss, thank you.

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