diff --git a/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4DispatchServer.java b/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4DispatchServer.java
index d889c89002b2663d85764ec45a88b4e9495c0388..b9d3d4f1b2adcb118314a90db9c3fe4e5a287a25 100644
--- a/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4DispatchServer.java
+++ b/examples/src/TcpExamples/TcpExample4DispatchServer.java
@@ -42,16 +42,21 @@ public class TcpExample4DispatchServer
             System.out.println(TcpExample4DispatchServer.class.getName() + " ready to accept socket connections...");
             while (true) // infinite loop
             {
-                clientConnection = serverSocket.accept(); // block until connected
+                clientConnection = serverSocket.accept(); // block! until connected
 
                 connectionCount++; // unblocked, got another connection
+                
+                // TODO provide initial message *to the client* that we are handing off to a dispatch thread... because that is polite behavior.
+                // plenty of code in Example3, we will let TcpExample4HandlerThread introduce itself
+                
                 System.out.println("=============================================================");
-                System.out.println(TcpExample4DispatchServer.class.getName() + ".handlerThread invocation for connection #" + connectionCount + "...");
-                handlerThread = new TcpExample4HandlerThread(clientConnection);
-                handlerThread.start(); // invokes the run() method in that object
-                System.out.println(TcpExample4DispatchServer.class.getName() + ".handlerThread is launched, awaiting another connection...");
+                System.out.println(TcpExample4DispatchServer.class.getName() + ".handlerThread created for connection #" + connectionCount + "...");
+                handlerThread = new TcpExample4HandlerThread(clientConnection); // hand off the aready-created, connected socket to constructor
+                handlerThread.start();// invokes the run() method in that object
+                System.out.println(TcpExample4DispatchServer.class.getName() + ".handlerThread is now dispatched and running, using most recent connection...");
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } 
+        catch (IOException e) {
             System.out.println("Problem with " + TcpExample4DispatchServer.class.getName() + " networking:"); // describe what is happening
             System.out.println("Error: " + e);
             // Provide more helpful information to user if exception occurs due to running twice at one time