[Ads-l] Charlie side

[Benjamin Barrett]

Interesting use. I found the quote at about 1:46 in the video at 
http://cnn.it/1Bf0kAx ("Dallas police shooting: Suspect bought van on 
eBay, picked it up from Georgia").

"The A-Side Does Not Stand for 'Always'" (http://bit.ly/1MBIzw5) by 
David Brosnahan talks about the sides of a house:

A-side = alpha side
B-side = bravo side
C-side = Charlie side
D-side = delta side

According to "What do the A-side B-side C-side and D-side mean in 
firefighting?" (http://bit.ly/1HGSrVU), the front of a building is the 
a-side, and the other sides are identified in clockwise order.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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> David Daniel <mailto:dad at COARSECOURSES.COM>
> June 14, 2015 at 7:24 AM
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> Dallas cop talking about the shooter and his van, says the shooter 
> claims t=
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> have cameras and can probably see the "Charlie side" of his vehicle. Any
> ideas which side that might be? All I could find were firefighting
> references whereby the Charlie side of a building is the back. So 
> maybe it'=
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> the back of the car? Link is
> http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/14/us/dallas-police-headquarters-shooting/index.=
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> tml. Ref is right at the end. Is this in OED?
> DAD
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