Re: [IRCA] Screech et al.

[James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Screech" is actually a rum maker in the Caribbean, with a Newfoundland
label slapped onto it.  Not like it's distilled locally.  I have bought a
bottle from time to time, but to my recollection I have never screeched.
 Jim


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Lee Reynolds <kd1sq@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry about the previous unedited post, folks, I accidentally hit 'Send'.
>
>  From: James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> Drinks?  When actually DXing, it was usually about the caffeine: tea,
>>> coffee, hot chocolate, and cola prevailed.  Beer, wine, and that
>>> distinctive local "hooch" known as "Newfie Screech" weren't usually
>>> trotted
>>> out until the last DXpedition night as a celebration of the "job well
>>> done"
>>> and as a sort of farewell send-off.
>>>
>>
> Screech? Excellent stuff, Jim, glad to hear you've partaken of it! They
> sell it here to the west on the northern Maine border. So called because
> you slug it down and do so...
>
> Excellent ear lubricant, too. Drink enough and you can hear all kinds of
> things.
>
> Now that I live up here I must admit to contemplating an expedition or two
> myself. Caraquet or Kouchibouguac national park look interesting...
>
> Lee
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