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Originally Posted by Tom  Troy grains are the same as Avoirdupois grains. It's the pounds that are measured differently. 5,760 grains in a Troy pound and 7,000 grains in a Avoirdupois pound. |
Apart from the fact that the Troy pound was abolished in 1878 in favour of the Avoirdupois pound, so hardly relevant in 2008.
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Originally Posted by Tom Ahh the joys of procrastination and t'internet |
Did you really mean "procrastination" or "displacement activity", (see Julian Huxley's famous 1914 tome "The courtship habits of the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus); with an addition to the theory of sexual selection"?)