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Me:I actually did laugh out loud at that!
Alice:Haha! Sadly he died last year, but he was a sweetie. Are you a dog fan?
Me:Oh definitely. I don’t have one at the moment because I work long hours, but my family has always had them.
Alice:Your bio says you’re a computer engineer?
Me:That’s right. We started off designing prosthetics.
Alice:Like, replacement limbs?
Me:Yep. We design the software behind myoelectric prostheses. I’m also working on a new communication device.
Alice:Like in Star Trek?
Me:Ha! No, actually, it’s the text-to-speech software for an augmentative and alternative communication or AAC device. Think Stephen Hawking.
Alice:Oh, the speech synthesizer?
Me:Exactly. For people who can’t speak. It’s my baby :-)
Alice:Wow, that’s so cool. It must be very rewarding.
Me:Yeah, I think so.
Alice:I see you have a photo with a Rickenbacker.
Me:Oh, you’re into guitars?
Alice:I know John Lennon had one. And George Harrison had a 12-string.
Me:That’s right. Mine isn’t a 12-string. I can never keep them in tune.
Alice:LOL. Do you play well?
Me:At the risk of sounding egotistical, not bad. Can you play?
Alice:A little.
Me:And you sing?
Alice:Well not professionally. In the shower!
Me:I’m now debating whether to ask if I can put that to the test… :-)
She posts a blushing emoji, and I smile.
Me:I hadn’t heard of Joss Stone, but I played Right to be Wrong. Wow, what a voice. And yours is similar?
Alice:Yeah, fairly close.
Me:But you don’t sing professionally?
Alice:No. Not had the opportunity.
Me:Shame. I’m sure you’d have done very well.
Alice:Thank you! So… am I right in guessing that you play World of Warcraft?
