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    Down on the Count Who Needs All Those Millennium Clocks? By PATRICIA LAWLER © publication should print another article that con- tains the word “millenni- tum" until wel into the year 2999, It i8 anxiety-provoking enough thinking about all the Y2K disasters waiting to happen — the bank will lose track of the $17 in interest T earned on my savings account last year; my favorite Chinese restau- Tant will cross wires with the trust and estates department at a major Jaw firm. As a result, a codicil be- ueathing my worldly possessions ‘ill be slipped under the door of every apartment with my tele- phone exchange. Even more disconcerting are ‘the entrepreneurial bandwa- ‘goneers who can think of no ‘other name for their business than you know what, With six ‘months to go until 2000, each ay I pass Aida’s Hair Stylists ‘on Third Avenue and see the sign “Prepare yourself for the Millennium with highlights a la carte.” Over an Second Avenue was the short-lived Millennium Diner, which closed months be- fore the big day. These estab- lishments offer no futuristic fare, no end-ofthe-world mark owns. They are just more re- minders of the time-space con- structs with which we are forced to measure our existence, even while getting a perm. respectfully request an exception to the "no Millennium article” rule, to formally protest the presence of Millennium countdown clocks. Their red analog numbers change with di italized fervor ~ i's almost here, t's almost now, 341-20408-08, 341-20-08-06, 341-20-08-03. Like an early-morning infomercial, they compel me, no ‘matter how disgusted, to watch, ‘There's one on the back of Bloom- Ingdale’s, spoiling my new-found sense of purpose after a victorious Patricia Lavler isa lawyer and writ- ler whose latest book, “How to Wash Your Face,” was published this ‘month by Simon & Schuster. She lives on the Upper East Side. frenzy at the “75 percent off” bra sale. My husband thinks the clock ‘was placed on the store's Third Ave- hue side so patrons leaving the Bar- ‘net and Coronet Theaters in a post: film stupor will be instantly charged with freefloating fear as they re- center the realitysridden streets. 1 ‘saw another countdovin clock on the bottom of the sereen of a local TV news promo, Watching television and seeing a Millennium countdown clock pack a ane-two wallop of self doubt that can be mollified only by ‘watching more television, ‘Outside Hunter College on Lexing ton Avenue, 2 Millennium countdown ‘snaalsniere bothered by the deadline thing. clock bears the logo “Are You Ready?” For what, T respond to the frantic ticks? Are finals being given on New Year's Eve? There is no Millennium countdown clock inside Grand Central Terminal, a good thing to know in case you Want {0 go somewhere to relax. Isn't it enough that my crow’s feet and the second ‘coming of John Travolta remind me that Tam not getting any younger? Should anyone harbor concerns about a "Soylent Green”-like apoca- Iypse in the year 2000, rest easy. The Millennium ‘countdown clock ‘spon sored by Riese Restaurants on the southeast comer of 34th Street and Seventh Avenue assures the pre- prandial masses with the phrase “Feeding Manhattan for Over 50 ‘years and Into the Next Millenni- ium." The certainty of a Dunkin’ Do- ‘nuts Coolata can wash away the wor- ries of the hungry, the tired, the ‘erotonin-

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