What is the Swarf , and why should you mind it ? More significantly , how can I keep this scary metal frankfurter from biting me ? I ca n’t stop looking at scary utopian British post horse from the mid - twentieth century , with their Googie optimism .
The Guardian ran a verandah of mid - century British bill poster that hearken back to a metre of shaky optimism , and many of them are both screaming and heart - rendingly sad . For one thing , there are a whole serial of bill sticker for Shell / British Petroleum , explain just how secure you may find with Shell . Ugh . And the safety posters for the then - new highway as well as various industrial configurations show a cheery excitement about Britain ’s glistening modern future .
Oh , and the Swarf ? evidently it ’s an honest-to-god term for metal sliver or filing , left over from metalworking . And if you ’re not careful around them , they do bite . More images at the link . [ Guardian ]
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