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Luckily, the guy felt the need to explain &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;ve recognized you from the picture on your website&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One day I&#8217;ll either get used to it, or get a heart attach, nervous breakdown or some other unpleasant medical condition&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I feel like I am becoming a celebrity. People started to recognize me on the street because of this website. Today I had the second incident in my life when someone knew who I was without me or anyone else telling. The guy just came up to me and said &#8220;Hi, Leonid. 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