// You can use the Runnable interface instead of

// wasting your 1 class extension.

public class GetTheMail implements Runnable {

// Stores the number of seconds before the code

// will be executed

private int startTime;

// Constructor that sets the wait time for each

// new Thread

public GetTheMail(int startTime){

this.startTime = startTime;

}

// All of the code that the thread executes must be

// in the run method, or be in a method called for

// from inside of the run method

public void run(){

try

{

// Don't execute until 10 seconds has passed if

// startTime equals 10

Thread.sleep(startTime * 1000);

}

catch(InterruptedException e)

{}

System.out.println("Checking for Mail");

}

}