> >Sorry, you are not as familiar with the old weights and measures 
> >as you think you are.  A gross is a dozen dozen.  
> >A gross is not 12 dozen.  Get it right !

When I started working in a Stationary manufaturer, books were sold by the dozen.  This applied even if they were big, and packed in smaller units than 12, so if 
you ordered three books, it was shown as 3/12.

Stock levels were recorded in separate columns as: Great Gross / Gross / Dozens / Twelfths.

For those who haven't guessed, a Great Gross is a dozen gross!

Decimalising it was a nightmare...

Cheers,




Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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