Thread and Queue Python example - blast from my past

thread_and_queue_example.py

import Queue  
import threading  
class PrintMsg(threading.Thread):  
  def __init__(self,queue):  
      threading.Thread.__init__(self)  
      self.queue = queue  
  def run(self):  
      while True:  
          print "waiting for msg"  
          msg = self.queue.get()  
          print "Msg received {}".format(msg)  
queue = Queue.Queue()  
printMsg = PrintMsg(q)  
printMsg.start()  
while True:  
  msg = raw_input("Enter the msg\n")  
  queue.put(msg)