Sharleen, yes that is brutal spelling (considering I wrote it in my message lol). And Saskatchewan is a province, not a city.
About me - I probably live further north than any other boardie on this site, check out Prince Albert on a map.
When I was 17 I was on a fishing trip with my best friend and his Uncle. We ended up swamping our boat and spent probably 8-10 hours clinging to the boat in water that was barely above freezing (it was late May, and the ice had only cleared a week or 2 before). We all should have died that day but I guess we each decided it wasn't our time.
Another thing, when I was 42 yrs old I started a new career, working in the sheet metal trade. (I had been working at a Weyerhaeuser pulp and paper mill until it closed, which up to that point was "the" place to work in PA. Anyways I have completed 3 or the 4 sessions of trade school and in yr 2 and 3 I was awarded a scholarship for getting the highest marks in the province. I never excelled in high school, although I can truthfully say it was from a lack of interest more than anything.