February 02, 2018, 07:23 AM
PHPaulGullible people
Wife watched a TV program on "Mystery Hill" in Blowing Rock NC.
"There's something weird in this mountain. Objects roll up hill. Water flows uphill."
Bull.
Shit.
Tourist trap with some clever optical illusions.
But noooooooo, science/physics be damned, it was on TV and she saw it with her own eyes so it must be true.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
February 02, 2018, 08:04 AM
braillediver? I've seen it. The car rolled one way and the water flowed the other....
It's close by- Take the wife it'll be a hoot.
Magnetic Hill (Moncton)
The Magnetic Hill is an example of a gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain. It is located at the northwestern edge (In the Magnetic Hill Area) of the city of Moncton in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_Hill_(Moncton)
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February 02, 2018, 12:07 PM
LS1 GTOThat is one word which is not in the dictionary.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
February 02, 2018, 03:50 PM
ArtieSThere's one here in Florida, too. Somewhere near Winterhaven.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
February 02, 2018, 07:14 PM
sigmonkeyThere isn't one in Kansas...
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! February 02, 2018, 09:26 PM
thundersonThere is also one near Burkittsville, MD aptly named "Spook Hill" where "ghosts of Civil War soldiers" push cars up the hill. Burkittsville was the supposed setting of the fictional "Blair Witch Project". There are a few shots from the town in the film.
I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown February 02, 2018, 09:44 PM
KrazeehorseBut just think, if it weren't for gullible people you wouldn't get all those bullshit calls and emails.
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February 03, 2018, 12:10 PM
grumpy1My wife is very gullible even being highly educated but I love her dearly. Her problem is she trusts pretty much everyone. I am the opposite.
February 03, 2018, 06:50 PM
the_sandman_454We have one in the upper peninsula, the Mystery Spot, I believe it's called.
I expected the thread to be some kind of "The fact that all of you are reading this just proves my point" sort of content, but risked being grouped with the gullible to check it out anyway.
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February 03, 2018, 08:26 PM
LS1 GTOquote:
Originally posted by grumpy1:
My wife is very gullible even being highly educated but I love her dearly. Her problem is she trusts pretty much everyone. I am the opposite.
Would that be the edumacated part or the trusting part.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
February 03, 2018, 10:49 PM
chongosuerteThere’s one (gravity hill) off Hwy 21 in western NC before the mountain to Sparta.
I’ve done it half a dozen times.
Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here.
Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard.
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February 03, 2018, 11:20 PM
ChowserWe did a gravity hill somewhere in PA last year. It was fun.
Not minority enough! February 04, 2018, 03:34 AM
kkinaThe
"Mystery Spot" in Santa Cruz is a good one. You're not really a cool cat unless your car has a Mystery Spot bumper sticker.
February 04, 2018, 05:26 AM
SPWAMike0317Pennsylvania has Gravity Hill
http://www.gravityhill.com/My wife and I toured Bedford County covered bridges and came across Gravity Hill. Basically a country road, no cost, no sales pitch, just a few lines and instructions painted on the road.
Clearly an optical illusion but it's fun and it does appear that the car is moving uphill.
Let me help you out. Which way did you come in?