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Good morning.
Today is the second St. Patrick’s Day of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can still get a (possibly green) beer at a pub, but guidelines require that you order some food with it. Here are five drinks you might want to consider sampling today. Adam Treusch, assignment editor
What’s happening today
A bartender pours a green beer on a past St. Patrick s Day. (Jake May / Flint Journal via The Associated Press files)
Caution urged amid crisis: Public health officials, worried St. Patrick s Day gatherings could turn into super-spreader events, are urging revellers to follow pandemic rules. The Canadian Press reports.
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That 70s show
Winnipeg retiree owns more than 10,000 78 r.p.m. platters that he spins on his 1954 Wurlitzer jukebox in his wax museum, er. rec room By: David Sanderson | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
‘So, what are you in the mood for?
It’s a Thursday evening in mid-October, a few weeks before the Manitoba government will roll out a slate of code-red restrictions to help stem the spread of COVID-19, one of which will strongly recommend limiting social contacts to a single household only.
We’re chatting with Bill Perlmutter, a retiree who dutifully collects 78 r.p.m. records. Forty-five minutes into the conversation, our host steers our attention to a beautifully restored, 1954 Wurlitzer jukebox that rests in one corner of his rec room and asks what our listening preference is.