# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/81 "2007-05-11T06:10:35Z")
I won’t claim to be an expert on anything but sheer sloth, but I do know a little bit about a Greek vase painting, especially Archaic red figure. I know more than enough to make my trip to the Getty Villa worthwhile and informative, and will gladly talk anyone’s ear off about it. There are many far better and more qualified classicists and art historians on the boards, though. I guess my only claim is that I am an expert on Los Angeles taco stands (unless of course the Taco Bandini posts here). If anyone comes to LA, I will show you tacos that reveal the path to enlightenment. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/82 "2007-05-11T06:21:39Z")
[QUOTE=wevets] Damn! I was really excited to think we had a palynologist on the boards. [/QUOTE] I could answer questions on this or ichnology. Just keep 'em simple, it’s been a while. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/83 "2007-05-11T06:33:23Z")
On set film production. History of film cameras and cinematography. Drunken misbehaviour. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/84 "2007-05-11T06:40:55Z")
Alice Cooper, pre-1950’s movies, small animals, Fifties and Sixties music, Classic Rock, bicycles (less than the other stuff), trivia. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/85 "2007-05-11T06:52:40Z")
Ancient Rome, world geography, accent identification, rock music from the 70’s to today, Canadian history. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/86 "2007-05-12T13:54:32Z")
Thanks everyone for responding. It’s really interesting finding out what areas people have interest in and knowledge of. This thread though makes me feel a bit thick! ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/87 "2007-05-12T19:58:09Z")
Labor and Delivery Postpartum care Newborn care and breast feeding Robert B. Parker’s novels I’d add TLOTR but I bow to **Quadgop** ’s expertise. Im just a litle geek. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/88 "2007-05-12T22:29:14Z")
[QUOTE=Ol’Gaffer] NEPA, NHPA, and CEQA and how they affect cultural resources. It is more glamorous than you can possibly imagine. [/QUOTE] Wow, I’ve just spent the past year dealing with NEPA and more significantly NHPA issues. Quite the education, I can say. There are, ahem, some very passionate people out there who deal with such things. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/89 "2007-05-13T16:10:29Z")
[QUOTE=krisolov] Wow, I’ve just spent the past year dealing with NEPA and more significantly NHPA issues. Quite the education, I can say. There are, ahem, some very passionate people out there who deal with such things. [/QUOTE] Well, considering the long hours, low pay, and general confrontational nature of the work - passion is all we got! ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/90 "2007-05-14T02:25:07Z")
Congenital toxoplasmosis. Christmas light trends of the Midwest over the past 20 years. A little bit of pharmaceutical stuff. Running clinical trials research. But my real “area of expertise” is actually…the Harry Potter series. I can have THE geekiest HP conversation of anyone I know. And I know a LOT of geeks who have read the books. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/91 "2007-05-14T03:22:48Z")
Computers and Taekwondo. And guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/92 "2007-05-14T06:12:07Z")
The Bulgarian educational system. Ummm…that’s all I got. Oh, actually my best moment EVER in GQ was when someone asked about the Ethiopian Jews. And I actually took an anthropology class in college on Ethiopian Jewry. That was like four years ago and I still remember the thrill I got in knowing that out of thousands of Dopers, I was almost certainly the best educated on this topic. Doesn’t happen to me all that often, though. ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453/93 "2007-05-14T08:20:21Z")
- physics and related topics, with particle physics my specialty. However, GQ has several talented physicists, so I often just sit back and watch, jumping in only when necessary. 😉 - probability and statistics (again, many knowlegdable folks already around.) - poker - guitar [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/403453.md?page=4)