Flotsam & Jetsam: Cookie-selling record and still dreaming big
By Jim Carter
Lilly Bumpus, age 8, sold a record 32,484 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies this season from a booth she set up in front of her San Bernardino, California, home. Most of her sales were to people buying one to four boxes, according to her mother, Trish Bauer. A cancer survivor herself, Lilly also collected donation orders online for patients at various area children’s hospitals. “She sold her … heart out,” Bauer said. “It’s Lilly being Lilly. She doesn’t like being told that something is not possible.” (Not for you, Lilly.)
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Fact or Fiction: Japanese law against walking on escalator?
An unusual story caught our eye. It claims walking on an escalator is being banned in part of Japan.
and last updated 2021-04-05 23:45:15-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â An unusual story caught our eye. It claims walking on an escalator is being banned in part of Japan.
This is true.
A prefecture north of Tokyo has passed a new ordinance. Starting October 1, escalator passengers will be required to stand in place while going up or down.
According to the Japan Elevator Association, there were 805 reported cases of people being hurt walking or running on escalators in Japan between January 2018 and December 2019.