# Nobody jacks with me about.... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510 "2006-06-13T00:21:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/41 "2006-06-13T18:47:51Z")
Heh, I know a spattering about many different subjects, but am nowhere near an expert in any of them. I am good at decorating cakes, but Im also sure that theres somewhere here who can beat my 6 months of commercial cake-deorating experience! Beyond that, I ain’t got nutt’n. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/42 "2006-06-13T18:53:52Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > Stripping, strippers, and strip clubs. It’s kind of unfortunate, but I do consider myself an expert in the field. Not to bask in your discomfort or anything, but I am afraid I am going to have to ask for a cite on that one. Preferably one with pictures. You will have ::checks watch:: at least 2hrs 30 to come up with a good link (as I won’t be able to click on it from work). Please do remember the “two-click” rule, as I would not want to get home and find the link broken by a mod. Really people, do I need to remind you of our strict citations policy?!? 😃 ::d&r:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/43 "2006-06-13T19:27:24Z")
Comparative mythology. I consider myself a somewhat expert, and, well, I haven’t seen anyone jump on the bandwagon on that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/44 "2006-06-13T19:49:05Z")
Y’all would be hard-pressed to match my horror and revulsion of arachnids. Anything with 8 legs. Hell, even seeing dogs mate (8 legs, 4 eyes…bleargh!) gives me the willies. Yes, I declare myself to be this site’s greatest **arachnophobe**. I’ll go toe to toe with anyone here about **insurance** –pick a line, baby. Of course, I’ll always cover for the several other insurance gurus around here, just like they do for me. It’s a guild rule. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/45 "2006-06-13T19:51:11Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > I came in here to mention rowing and I saw that **tremorviolet** had already nominated me. Sweet. Yeah, I need to figure out who the heck you are. I’m fairly certain I probably know people you know(know any rower’s currently or previously in Austin?). Are gonna go to Seattle in August? ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/46 "2006-06-13T19:51:47Z")
I can definitely hang with the best of them on this board when it comes to car modifications. Of course, people never ask those types of questions; it’s always “why won’t my car start?” and there are other members who are more qualified than I to answer that. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/47 "2006-06-13T20:06:46Z")
I could go with fibre-channel protocol, which is so mind-numbingly dull that I don’t expect anyone to challenge me (unless a coworker is on here). Or Neolithic to early bronze age Irish tomb construction (excepting the giants like Knowth and Newgrange, because they are… well, they’re Newgrange and Knowth and it would be incredibly pretentious to claim any level of knowledge) But I’ll probably discover that I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![dmatsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/48 "2006-06-13T20:07:10Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > I answer questions on structural engineering and traffic engineering but I don’t consider myself the ultimate expert. OK, I got one for you. What would posess a traffic engineer to design an intersection for a four-lane road (two lanes in either direction) WITHOUT A DAMN RIGHT-TURN LANE? ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/49 "2006-06-13T20:24:36Z")
> [@dmatsch](#): > > OK, I got one for you. What would posess a traffic engineer to design an intersection for a four-lane road (two lanes in either direction) WITHOUT A DAMN RIGHT-TURN LANE? There aren’t right turn lanes at the majority of four lane intersections. They’ll only consider one if there are significant amounts of right turning traffic that negatively impacts the over all traffic flow. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/50 "2006-06-13T20:27:42Z")
I am the world’s only expert on my own opinion. Seriously, to paraphrase, I’m a jack of many trades, master of none. I learn far more here, than I contribute. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/51 "2006-06-13T21:12:08Z")
I am one of a few folks here who collect first edition books - I know a ton about American Lit firsts of the 20th century, but won’t claim superiority. Same with guitar - there are plenty of players here - but I have invested a ton of time in electric guitars and amps and know quite a bit about why the good ones sound and play well vs. others (ask \*\*Crotalus \*\* - he and I talk shop). Same with general music knowledge, playing in a band, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/52 "2006-06-13T21:25:49Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Y’all would be hard-pressed to match my horror and revulsion of arachnids. Anything with 8 legs. Hell, even seeing dogs mate (8 legs, 4 eyes…bleargh!) gives me the willies. Yes, I declare myself to be this site’s greatest **arachnophobe**. > > I’ll go toe to toe with anyone here about **insurance** –pick a line, baby. Of course, I’ll always cover for the several other insurance gurus around here, just like they do for me. It’s a guild rule. So does that mean we keep our insurance interpretation disputes out of public view? 🙂 (maybe they covered that in the section of CPCU that I didn’t finish) I really haven’t been around SDMB long enough to declare myself grandmaster of a field. I’m sure one will surface though. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/53 "2006-06-13T22:55:24Z")
Is there anyone else here who speaks any Ojibwe? I am really crappy at it now, but if there aren’t any other Anishnaube-speakers around I might be the resident expert. I’m all over any discussion of English female costume history. Besides that, I’m not really expert in anything. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/54 "2006-06-14T00:16:40Z")
The one subject where I completely confident is celestial dynamics. I think I’m one of the more knowledgable about planetary astronomy, too. And I’m definitely a contender for “biggest tea geek,” though there are a few more Doper connoisseurs. I am grateful to fellow Dopers from whom I have much to learn about other subjects dear to my heart, like knitting, cooking, teaching, non-planetary astronomy, pseudoscience, and, oh, about a dozen other topics. And despite the handle, I do not hold a candle to the serious Heinlein scholars on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/55 "2006-06-14T00:50:51Z")
I guess film and television technology, and to a lesser extent, still photography. It’s my life, and being immersed in the minutae kind of makes me insistent about my details. Otherwise? Why, I’m a know it all- that’s why I’m here. Like the rest of us !! ( except for **Guin** , who’s just here to pad her post count… D&R 😃 ) ( joking, joking… ) Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/56 "2006-06-14T01:09:17Z")
**tremorviolet,** I am probably the most famous non-national-team coxswain there is. That ought to give you enough. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/57 "2006-06-14T02:28:18Z")
_ponder_ I have a pretty good grasp of English that I’ve parlayed into a career, but it’s all gut instinct. Dangling participle? Serial commas? Past pluperfect? The brain, she has nothing. \*\*ArrMatey! \*\* – what mythologies do you focus on? I think I’ve got a handle on a good few, and I’m curious to see if your list is like mine. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/58 "2006-06-14T05:05:43Z")
I know a lot about oldschool and indie games, the SNES classics, roguelikes, interactive fiction and all the good stuff. I may have misspent my youth, but at least I did it with more style than the CS-playing riff-raff. This is about the only area I can claim any authority on. I also know astonishing amounts about rare genetic diseases and just about every sexual fetish on the net. The former comes from a natural interest, the latter just from spending too much time on the internet. But these two are more fact lists than actual knowledge. About most other subjects, I know just enough to be completely useless. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![HeadNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/59 "2006-06-14T16:32:19Z")
I know car financing. I write programs that deal with it for a living. This being my major skill gives me insight into Aquaman’s psyche. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510/60 "2006-06-14T17:07:29Z")
In every day life my answer would normally be _Star Trek_ and while I consider myself one of the experts here, I’m pretty well matched by quite a few and far outstripped by others like **Sir Rhosis**. The only thing I could think of that I might be able to claim having more knowledge than anyone else on the SDMB is WCW, the chief competition of WWF/E from 1986 to its bankruptcy in 2001, but that is only because professional wrestling isn’t particularly embraced here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jacks-with-me-about/360510.md?page=4)