# What's your area of expertise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453 "2007-05-09T21:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/21 "2007-05-10T01:44:10Z")
Advance pricing agreements with the Mexican tax authority, and Mexican tax law in general. A passing interest in U.S. immigration policy. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/22 "2007-05-10T01:47:50Z")
The obvious and the unverifiable, mostly. I also know some about food and cooking, general house keeping and maintenance, child rearing (opinions, really), interpersonal relationships, some christian denominations, and everything you can learn in menial physical labour that pays minimum wage. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/23 "2007-05-10T01:58:23Z")
Copyediting (Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics) Mattresses and the Mattress Industry House Rabbits Theater in Seattle circa 1985-1995 Critical Theory as Applied to Theater Book Addiction Slothfulness Exotic Dancing Mold Allergens ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/24 "2007-05-10T01:58:38Z")
General medicine. Addiction. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Prison health care. ---
**Author:** ![Della](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Della](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Della)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/25 "2007-05-10T02:08:12Z")
Neuroscience, development, sleep, and any combination of the aforementioned. Also, food and cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/26 "2007-05-10T02:09:45Z")
Music - musical theatre, theory, and a fair amount about rock and roll. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/27 "2007-05-10T02:15:40Z")
Epistemology Metaethics Philosophy of Religion Only the latter is even remotely useful around here. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/28 "2007-05-10T02:17:17Z")
There may not all that many people on the board with much interest in epistemology, but there are some of us about. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/29 "2007-05-10T02:19:31Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] There may not all that many people on the board with much interest in epistemology, but there are some of us about. [/QUOTE] I used to do a mean episiotomy repair… ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/30 "2007-05-10T02:26:11Z")
Yes, in pondering your work, I have often wondered why it is that a prison would hire a metaphysician… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/31 "2007-05-10T03:13:36Z")
Military Codenames, Some things about Saudi Arabia A little about Panama Odds and ends in Military Science ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/32 "2007-05-10T04:06:33Z")
Well, I’m a philosophy professor, so … ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/33 "2007-05-10T04:06:55Z")
HTML and Web sites in general The Squirrel Nut Zippers and Ben Folds Five (uhm…not very useful topics) Brit-coms ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/34 "2007-05-10T04:09:56Z")
Medieval English literature. Disney. Horror. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/35 "2007-05-10T04:39:47Z")
Ornithology; Biology in general, especially Zoology Latin America; Africa; New Zealand New York History of exploration Geographical trivia Spanish ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/36 "2007-05-10T04:45:41Z")
Broadcasting and broadcast production Computer restoration of vinyl records and other media Collecting records Popular music 1940s-1980s Sound equipment The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/37 "2007-05-10T04:53:34Z")
Natural Resource Economics Upstream Petroleum Industry Kalashnikovs Markets F1 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/38 "2007-05-10T04:57:52Z")
Astronomy Electric Guitars (though some of those questions occur in Cafe Society). ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/39 "2007-05-10T04:58:40Z")
Living with parrots Feet, and what to do about them Old school girl geek gaming scolding ( conures have a gift for this) food, in the area of hard cheeses, especially cheddars speed painting ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/40 "2007-05-10T05:00:00Z")
Anything Pool or Billiard related. Scrabble. Cribbage. Morel Mushrooms. People that have been in my kitchen. Not bad with cat stuff. Except for cats, don’t see too many questions about any of these subjects. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453.md?page=3)