Lehrer News Hour, At about the 15 minutes mark, give or take, I was proud of a surgeon being interviewed by Jim Lehrer. The general subject was Dick Cheney's heart condition. Specifically they were talking about balloons and stints and Jim asked a question in terms of inches of length of the stints. The physician kept all of his answers totally within the framework of millimeters and discussed the various millimeter lengths under various conditions. Jim Lehrer, although he asked his first questions in inches, did not try to intervene or insist upon conversion to answers in inches. We, your audience, do not need those archaic so-called U.S. Customary measures when the interviewee is using proper International System Units. The International System of Units has been declared as legal and even preferred by intelligent actions of Congress in the recent past while Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush were in office. Sincerely, Norman Werling Stone Mountain, GA 30083 We, your audience, are ready for the International System of Units (SI-metric). Norm Mr. Lehrer tried to lead with a question
