public function getMany($messages = array(), $start = null)
	{
	    if (!empty($start) && is_numeric($start))
		{
			$start = ($start * 20)-1;
			if (count($messages) > 20)
			{
				$length = count($messages);
				$length = (($length-20)>$start)?$length-20:$length-$start;
				$messages = array_slice($messages,$start,$length);
			}
			else
			{
				return array();
			}
		}
		$return = array();
		$threading = false;
		if ($this->userData && $this->userData['threading'] == 1)
		{
			$threading = true;
		}
		if (($messages) AND (is_array($messages))) {
			foreach ($messages as $message)
	        {
				if ($message)
				{
					$return[] = $this->getOne($message);
					if ($threading && !empty($message['reply_to']))
					{
						foreach($this->getMany($this->prefixReplies($message['reply_to'])) as $replyid)
						{
							$return[]['replies'][] = $this->getOne($replyid);
						}

					}
				}
	        }
		}
        return $return;
    }