View from the North 40: Following the trail from A to TP

For as long as I can remember, my brain has been wired to notice those moments in life when two things that are entirely not connected to one another occur at the same time, like when the furnace turns on at the same moment a train whistle blows.

Why, with so many elements that govern when a furnace might turn on and when a train whistle might blow and none of the elements having any ties whatsoever, why in all the world would those two things occur at the exact same time?

Train whistles rarely blow as they pass by and my furnace hibernates through the summer, so the odds are stacked agai...