NEW USER 2.59: Dimensions, scales, units

I made an object from a simple cube (units set to “none” in Scene tab). The scale for all 3 axis said 1, while the dimensions varied as I scaled the individual axis to get the shape I needed.

When I was done, I saved the file. Today, when I opened it, I found that the scale no longer was 1,1,1, but now reflects the dimensions and the dimension readouts have all doubled. To make clear with just the z axis: before it said scale 1, dimension 22, now it says scale 22, dimension 44. Either something is very wrong or I am very ignorant or both. Thanks for any clues.

Could you post the .blend?

Thanks jackerh. I suddenly had to be gone and couldn’t get back to this forum. Now I’ve discovered what I was doing wrong. So I won’t take any more of your time. Thanks again.