"Philosophy," said the caretaker. "Here I am a caretaker, you know. But in my home country I was a great thinker."
He turned and blew the smoke away from me.
"That's the good thing about being an immigrant," he said. "You can always tell people what you were in your home country."
"But you're pulling their legs?" I said.
"Never," he said. "Well, actually, in my home country I was one of the country's greatest leg-pullers. I won a competition. The National Leg-Pulling Championship."
"Philosophy," said the caretaker. "Here I am a caretaker, you know. But in my home country I was a great thinker."
He turned and blew the smoke away from me.
"That's the good thing about being an immigrant," he said. "You can always tell people what you were in your home country."
"But you're pulling their legs?" I said.
"Never," he said. "Well, actually, in my home country I was one of the country's greatest leg-pullers. I won a competition. The National Leg-Pulling Championship."
Some privacy experts say Telegram is not secure enough The news also helped traders look past another report showing decades-high inflation and shake off some of the volatility from recent sessions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' February Consumer Price Index (CPI) this week showed another surge in prices even before Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine. The headline CPI — soaring 7.9% over last year — underscored the sticky inflationary pressures reverberating across the U.S. economy, with everything from groceries to rents and airline fares getting more expensive for everyday consumers. False news often spreads via public groups, or chats, with potentially fatal effects. As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike. NEWS
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