PHC did a show up there last weekend
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Monday, 27 February 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
kinda don't know what to think of this story
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/27/grand-marais-older-men-pursuing-teen-girls/
the courthouse shooting that prodded (conservative) lawmakers into changing gun laws in courthouses stemmed from a sex crime case with its own p bizarre story
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
"Back in them days, it was acceptable," said Perry Wilson, who is quick to defend his friend Schlienz. "That's the way it was — 16-, 17-year-old girls; that was their boyfriends back then was a 25-year-old guy."
In Grand Marais, most people know Wilson by his nickname, "Proof," short for "Hundred Proof.""In this town all you need to pick up a 16-year-old high school girl is a nice-looking truck or a nice car."- Perry Wilson
Wilson, now 53, arrives at a local cafe unshaven, in sweatpants and a jacket. Over coffee, he said that in his 20s he could have been jailed for his own exploits with teenage girls, during what he calls his "heyday." But he stops short of admitting to criminal sexual conduct.
Wilson also is adamant that he and other adult men did not pursue the girls. He said the girls pursued them.
"That's the way it's always been since man was born. The younger girls chase the older guys. Everybody thinks it's the older guys chasing younger girls, [but] that's wrong," he said. "It ain't that way. In this town, all you need to pick up a 16-year-old high school girl is a nice-looking truck or a nice car."
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, I was about to paste the exact same section.
That guy is a treat
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
I was in Duluth on Thursday. Found the Graffiti Graveyard.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, that is newsworthy? I thought that was somewhat common in every small Midwestern town ever. Meaning the 25 year old dude that can't get over his glory days and still dates the high school girls mostly because thats his peer group. I mean, definitely creepy and awful, but not particularly earth-shattering is it?
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Okay wait, I see now that this particular case was a dude even older than that and not quite the scenario referenced at the start of the article.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
No one said it was earth shattering
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
it's newsworthy because the courthouse shooting by the man convicted was a huge deal
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I should have withheld comment until I read the whole article. My first post was just after reading the headline and intro paragraph, which I think kinda sells the whole story a little short.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, this:
In Grand Marais, pattern emerges of older men pursuing teen girls
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Beth Kennedy first heard the stories 34 years ago.
Not long after she moved to Grand Marais with her husband and 11-year-old daughter, people in the community told her that older men were pursuing and having sex with high school girls.
"We started hearing about these 20-, 25-, 30-year-old men who were constantly at football games, around the teenage girls, and who somehow believed that it was a great thing to be sleeping with virgins," she said. "And I was aghast."
... doesn't really clue you in to the real story here.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
dazed-and-confused.jpg
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 27 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
i think this is pretty hard to judge tbh
the article goes up to the line in saying that 25+ dudes going after strings of -18 girls was a uniquely bad problem in grand marais. sure it happens all over but it turned into some kind of uh 'lifestyle' up there. that's sort of what the whole case implies, but who knows? as characterized by this journalist, there is an "entrenched minority" in the town that feels that schleinz was railroaded for something nbd. the city's legal/social organs thought it was something close a public health menace.
crazy stuff either way tho
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
The population of Grand Marais is 1,351 according to ye olde wikipedia. I'd guess the school district is a bit bigger, but still... that is not a lot of teenage girls in total
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 27 February 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
great bad weather pics
minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/29/photos-duluth-blizzard/
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.publicradio.org/content/2012/02/29/20120229_blizzard5_53.jpg
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
spending one year anniversary in THE AIR CONDITIONED CITY yall
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
boss
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
any decent websites about shows etc that might be going on that you can recommend?
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
honestly have no clue, even when I was up there I found it difficult to get a feel for what was happening where. when I went out, I typically went to fitgers.
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah :/
― goole, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
i've heard this place is good but i've never been
http://www.sceniccafe.com/
― goole, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
congrats btw!
btw if (when) you go there, say hi to barb for me. she'll be the loud old dyke (which is how she introduced herself i should note) sitting at the bar with the wall street journal. shes great she will prob talk to you first tbh
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
perhaps when it gets really hot this summer I will make a trip to the air conditioned city!
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
my gf's bff works at scenic cafe
jj check out http://www.perfectduluthday.com/
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
oh cool! thx man
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
lol here she is http://www.sceniccafe.com/our-family/wait-staff.shtml#page=W&id=4
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh heyyyy
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
(sorry)
naw dude go for it she is A+
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
word
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
there appears to be a record shop named "vinyl cave" in superior? maybe i must go to there.
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
superior is weird
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
used to have the highest number of bars per capita until v recently?
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:40 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
have fun! grandma's is stupid but you know that. go up the shore
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:48 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think that's lacrosse, wi - that's what friend was saying who was just up from
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
could be pretty much any small town in WI tbf
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
COATES
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
i know that at least for a little bit coates def had the highest number of strip clubs per capita
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
apparently this is right next door to Vinyl Cave
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3075/2842202424_14a8481f47_z.jpg
― Silky Slim (dan m), Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012/05/happy-homegrown-duluths-annual-music-festival-showcases-talented-tight-knit-community
need to make it back for this again sometime, such a great weekend
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
air conditioned city, i will see u tomorrow
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 18 May 2012 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
why is it called the air conditioned city
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 May 2012 06:06 (twelve years ago) link
2-B-1-ASK-1
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 18 May 2012 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-Midwest/Duluth-Geography-and-Climate.html
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
duluth, u r awesome
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 21 May 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently all the zoo animals are on the loose during flash flooding?
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/603023_3720103754591_994469233_n.jpg
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
ha o fuk!
npr reporter this morning said the cops had it under control.
― goole, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
wider ilx needs to see that picture, where'd you find it?