I have AOL and I IM other GW members...Last week I IM'd Lisa to tell her about my pomegranates. I IM back and forth with B'Fly gardner and Bill and Carolyn often. It's kinda nice to say HI when I see friends on line or if I have a quick question.

BlackBerry Messenger is simply an instant messaging program for BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry communication. It allows two people with BlackBerrys to chat in real time anywhere in the world so long as they have data service. With BlackBerry Messenger there is no per message charge like there is with SMS; messages are sent through RIM servers similar to email messages. BlackBerry® Messenger provides BlackBerry® users with the familiar look-and-feel of desktop instant messaging programs, right on their BlackBerry smartphone.

WebTV is an attachment to allow you to surf the internet without a computer....I'm not real familiar with it myself but I don't think that it has the ability to install chat programs like ICQ and MSN and run on startup like a regular computer....I'm sure Walks can explain it better

g'day marion, she is quiet comfortable her problem causes more confoundment to her at present as she is still in denial so isn't prepared to look at her own situation and work out the organic causes for her stresses and strains. i wouldn't be shy to attend a university or anywhere for that matter introverted isn't one of my fortes chuckle, just where i am here it is very isolated and there is no way i can get into town to do anything. there simply isn't any help for people like myself in rural areas. that i was able to get someone to pick me up once a fortnight to do grocery shopping took a lot of doing, my main push has been trying to get e/mail pen pals or msn chatters to fill those hours. at present my mind is on bev a lot of the time, and our main aim is to sell our place so i can be closer to her, so my head is pretty full of all that for now just need to fill the many lonely hours i guess. thanks to all her for the very many suggestions. len