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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy do we name fences and charges for the same guy?
Can someone explain that to me?
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Why do we name fences and charges for the same guy? (Original Post)
taterguy
May 2013
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The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)1. The Confederate's Name is Not Related To the Fence, Sir
In old military parlance, a 'picket' was a loosely spaced line of men on outpost duty, off a ways from the main body. The loosely spaced slats of that style of fence took their name from this.
Gen. Pickett was just a man who couldn't say no when told to do something stupid....
Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)2. How did you guess that was what...
...he was talking about?
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)3. Not Much Else It Could Be, Sir
Not many names associated with charges, at least here....
Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)4. You, sir, are more intuitive than I am...
...I was thinking fence as in a guy that buys and sells stolen goods and charge like in charge cards.