Triangulation

Nora's in New York.  I'm in Medford.  All of our Vermont friends are in Vermont.  The cats are in Medford.  Estelle is in New York.

The tomatoes and basil and squash and corn are in Vermont.

Nora will be teaching this fall.  Two classes in Boston, one class in New York.
I'll be teaching this fall.  Two classes in Boston.

Nora has a Japanese car manufactured in Mississippi.  It's registered in Vermont but she bought it in Massachusetts. 
I have a Japanese car manufactured in Ontario.  It's registered in Massachusetts but I bought it in Vermont.  It has a Vermont bumper sticker.

There are a couple of great pool rooms in New York within 15 minutes walk of Estelle's apartment. 
There's one pretty decent pool room in Peabody, about 45 minutes drive from my apartment in Medford.
There's one pretty decent pool room in South Burlington, about two and a quarter hours drive from our house in Vermont.

In 2009 and 2010, I missed Nora's birthday because I had to be in Boston, but we were together for my birthdays.  In 2011, we were both in Boston for Nora's birthday, but she missed mine because she had to be in New York. 

Two of our Vermont friends had to miss our wedding because they were in Boston for a parent's wake and funeral. 

No matter which two places you connect, the line you draw will take four hours.  Vermont-Boston, four hours.  Vermont-New York, four hours.  Boston-New York, four hours. 

Where the three points were joined

Engineers will tell you that triangles are stable; sociologists will argue otherwise.