From Cornwallis, I went to Borden, Ontario, Camp Boredum..err Borden...for my Administrative schooling. Back then there was no such thing as computers for individuals, and the only word processor was the drab kakki green Olivette typewriter.

A side note: I laugh now when I hear kids complaining about their computers and stuff. Try an old army issue manual type writer! Well I could only type 38wpm for 2out of 3 tries for the final grading exam. At 40wpm you got a blue card, and only a couple in our class could go that fast. So determined to not remain with the herd, I cheated by starting to type a few lines while everyone was sitting down. I would type one word sitting down - type another while coughing, type another while the instuctor was telling us how to score...one "l-e-t-t-e-r" at a time so I wouldn't give myself away...and i got 40wpm! So after all these years, I confess! I could only do 38 legally...sniff sniff...my consience is clear now! Now I do 65wpm on the computer.

Well in the fall of 1978 I was posted to the Royal Canadian Air Force Base at Cold Lake, in northern Alberta. I asked for places around Vancouver, but for some reason, I got shoved wayyyyyy up there...we were on the 55th degree, same as Moscows for a reference. But not as far north as Alaska!