@Override
  protected void preWait() {
    thread = Thread.currentThread();
    super.preWait();
  }
Since we can't override <code>waitForReplies</code>, we have to get the thread that is waiting
in <code>preWait</code>.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/admin/remote/AdminReplyProcessor.java