^Lucky bastard, my carrier pigeon died when I was three. My family couldn't afford to get us another one. It was a very traumatic experience.

I've tried several chat clients for XP and I can say none ever convinced me to switch over from Trillian. Unfortunately, you said "good" clients, and it's been way too long since I've used a PC that was my own computer, so like Rebecca, I can't think of any others.