jeb@mtqua.att.com (James Beckman +1 908 957 3896) Wed Aug 5 13:23:12 1992:
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> swarf = metal filings and crud
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> Anybody else ever hear this one?
Yup, used it all the time in England. "Swarf" is applicable to any
black, oily, greasy crud found on many machines.
Garry's Mother: "Argh! Look at all that swarf all o'er yer!!! Bloody 'ell!"
(Garry used to go playing on all the bulldozers, excavators, dumpers and other
assorted machinery in the local quarries when he was a kid...)
Garry Archer Esq. archer@hsi.com
3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
"An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose." - A.P.Herbert
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