By Steve Ulfelder 11/08/99

AND STILL HAVE TIME TO WATCH DICK CLARK

Not so far away, in Indonesia, the national electricity company is called PLN. According to a pilot fish, an Indonesian newspaper recently asked a PLN rep about its Y2K preparedness. The rep said: "We can observe what happens (at midnight) in Western Samoa, New Zealand and Australia and still have six hours to make plans." Sheesh, they're allotting a full six hours? Wimps.

NO OFFENSE, MR. PRESIDENT

Fast-forward to Jan. 1. The Feds' Y2K coordination center will be updating and reassuring the citizenry. Jim Turner, a Democratic congressman from Texas, wants to make sure a believable, trustworthy individual handles the task. A national leader. "Someone the caliber of Walter Cronkite," Turner said. "A credible person."

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-- Brooklyn (MSIS@cyberdude.com), November 10, 1999