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Michael68: Hey, Dave!! This is the new Instant Messenger service. Pretty cool, right?
King Dave: Sorry I missed you! I'm probably in class or something lol
Michael68: …I just messaged you.
King Dave: Sorry I missed you! I'm probably in class or something lol
Michael68: Is this like an automated voice mail?
King Dave: Sorry I missed you! I'm probably in class or something lol
Michael68: Okay then.
King Dave: Sorry I missed you! I'm probably in class or something lol
Michael68: Liz, are you there? Your status says online.
Queen Liz: Yes! Direct messaging! We're living in the future now!!
Michael68: We are for sure!
Michael68: I'm glad I got you and not some repetitive message. That's all I can get from Dave.
Queen Liz: Does his status say "away"?
Michael68: ...Ahhhhh. Yes it does.
Queen Liz: Yeah, that’s one of the first things I figured out. You can make a message for people to see when you're online but not at the computer.
Michael68: Interesting...
Michael68: To think that computers have changed from massive boxes taking up multiple rooms to this…
Queen Liz: Yeah...
Queen Liz: Anyway, what's up?
Michael68: Not much. Just testing this new service.
Queen Liz: It's crazy that they didn't even announce it, right?
Michael68: Definitely. This is amazing.
Queen Liz: And it's FREE!
Michael68: Even more amazing.
Michael68: Our tech guys stumbled across it this morning and we've all been trying to figure it out since.
Queen Liz: LOL
Michael68: Henry’s already got it down to a science, I think. I'm going to help Mom sign on when I get home.
Michael68: That way we can all talk to each other without having to use the phone so much!
Queen Liz: Good luck getting Mom to understand computers lol
Michael68: Haha, yeah. I'll try my best.
Michael68: Dave's online now!
Queen Liz: He is!!
Queen Liz: Let's pester him.
Michael68: Dave, you're back from class!
King Dave: Hey!!
King Dave: Kinda sorta
King Dave: I'm in the computer lab, supposed to be working on a paper
King Dave: But it's slow going so I opened AOL to see what's up…and there's a whole new application here!!
King Dave: FINALLY we can talk to people we actually want to talk to in private!!
Michael68: …Supposed to be working on a paper?
King Dave: Yeah lol
Michael68: Dave. Go back to your work.
King Dave: But it's borinnggg (:
Michael68: You have a wife and kids to take care of! You can't slack off in school!
King Dave: I need to let my brain recharge. It's been thinking all day :(
Michael68: …
King Dave: What are you up to? Supposed to be working on something of your own?
Michael68: I know how to multitask.
Michael68: But I'm on break right now, anyway.
King Dave: And still at your computer?
Michael68: You never know what will come up.
King Dave: That doesn’t sound like being on break to me :P
Michael68: GET BACK TO WORK, DAVID.
King Dave: Okay, okay, fine :P
Queen Liz: Hey Dave :D
King Dave: Hey Liz!!
King Dave: It’s good to see you taking advantage of this amazing new program!
King Dave: Btw if it takes me forever to answer back it's because Mike is also chatting with me rn
Queen Liz: Oh really??
Queen Liz: I wouldn’t have expected him to find this so fast
King Dave: Lol
King Dave: He said it was their tech department. You can always count on those guys to mine the source code
Queen Liz: Yeah they may be nerds but they're super helpful!
Queen Liz: We have our own department that handles all the number crunching so I don't have to.
King Dave: Work smarter not harder :P
Queen Liz: Exactly!
Queen Liz: What are you up to?
King Dave: Not doing schoolwork lol
Queen Liz: Wow. Wonderful to see that college tuition going to such good use
King Dave: Hey, everybody deserves a break once in a while!
Queen Liz: Tell that to my superior…
King Dave: Oh wow lol sorry
Queen Liz: It’s okay, I'm used to being exhausted at this point
King Dave: I'm still sorry :(
King Dave: ugh Mike won't stop bothering me :/
Queen Liz: Lol
Queen Liz: Oh my gosh, Cassidy's online!!
King Dave: What?!?
King Dave: THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE TO TALK TO RIGHT NOW