What's your Field of expertise?

[schmiddi]

professional:
german public administration

personal:
being lazy
annoying my mom
WW II german aviation

 

[Paradigne]

Operations/Resource management

 

[Bamspeedy]

Structural steel

Now where were you when me and Xenocrates were debating the WTC collapse?

My expertise is mostly in debunking conspiracy theories, mostly JFK and 9/11. I'm not an expert in any specific aspect, just passionate about researching enough aspects to shoot down most of their arguments.

Other than that, I'm no expert, but sometimes debate other topics from the viewpoint of my life experiences.

 

[eyrei]

18th-early 20th century English literature.

 

[Mise]

Stating the obvious.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

The ladies.

 

[CaptainF]

Professional:
Pumping gas in Oregon.
Odd Jobs.

Personal/Leisure:
Tennis
Table Tennis
Hip Hop Music
Jazz Music
Go (Japanese/Chinese boardgame)
Counter Strike
Lazing around
Paintball/Airsoft
Mild to Moderate procrastination.

 

[Narz]

I just got a job as a chess teacher (for an after school program). First time my job desciption and serious interests have ever merged.

 

[C~G]

I just got a job as a chess teacher (for an after school program). First time my job desciption and serious interests have ever merged.

Congrats, Narz!
Now go teach Ram about the importance of combining leisure and work into his thread.

About my expertise...

Security (Practical issues)
Self-defence methods
Basic computer stuff

Know also about of...
Psychology
Philosophy
History (At least some parts)
Literature
Semiotics & Semantics

 

[Narz]

Congrats, Narz!

Thanks!

As an added benefit this job will give me motavation to continue to improve my game.

Now go teach Ram about the importance of combining leisure and work into his thread.

Which thread?

About my expertise...

Security (Practical issues)
Self-defence methods

What self-defence methods do you recommend?

 

[C~G]

As an added benefit this job will give me motavation to continue to improve my game.

Game of chess or game with girls?

Which thread?

It was really a jab since Ram seems to be dissatisfied with his work so he created entire philosophical subject how one find himself more from play than from work.
While I try to stress the issue of combining them.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=188218

What self-defence methods do you recommend?

There was a thread couple of months ago where Fifty was also talking about various methods.
It really depends what you are looking for. (what kind of trouble)

You can pick up the some well known stuff, but I would try to learn grappling skills, Jiujiitsu comes to mind, Krav Maga is quite practical one too.

 

[aaglo]

My fields of expertise?

Professional:
- Evaluating quality control systems according to ISO 9001 and EN 17025
- Knowledge of steel behaviour under stress
- Writing quality control and test reports

Personal:
- all musical instrumets with strings
- writing graphics with pov-ray
- trivial pursuit

 

[Narz]

Game of chess or game with girls?

Chess. All my students will be way too young and mostly male.

It was really a jab since Ram seems to be dissatisfied with his work so he created entire philosophical subject how one find himself more from play than from work.
While I try to stress the issue of combining them.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=188218

There was a thread couple of months ago where Fifty was also talking about various methods.
It really depends what you are looking for. (what kind of trouble)

Yeah, I remember. I probably should quit asking and just find a class and take it. Only thing is I've been moving around alot lately (and will probably move again after the school year is up).

You can pick up the some well known stuff, but I would try to learn grappling skills, Jiujiitsu comes to mind, Krav Maga is quite practical one too.

Yeah, those seems to come up alot. I have a fear of being pinned down (kind of like claustriphobia but stronger) so developing strong grappling skills will probably help me conquer that.

Thanks. What do you study personally?

 

[Narz]

- Knowledge of steel behaviour under stress

So, what do you think of all the various 9/11 conspiracy theories?

 

[aaglo]

Funny you should ask
Our company took part on investigating the collapse of those two towers (I wasn't part of that team though). And after all the evidence we got from the events, the conclusion was that the colliding planes could have caused enough damage to collapse the two towers:
- the flames softened the supporters of the horizontal slabs
- when the slab supports gave up, the free column height was doubled (in the walls)
- this increase in column height caused buckling, which led to the collapse of the towers

But nobody really can say if those planes actually caused the destruction.

 

[C~G]

Chess. All my students will be way too young and mostly male

Kind of guessed that since it's about chess after all. That's why I asked and of course since it's you in the question

Yeah, I remember. I probably should quit asking and just find a class and take it. Only thing is I've been moving around alot lately (and will probably move again after the school year is up).

That sucks when it comes practicing martial arts.
But I would recommend to take anything that even mildly interests and after a while move into another course if it isn't for you.
You have to learn to know your body just like in Yoga and also your opponents body.
If you know the basics then it's easier later to take anything. Also of course I recommend that it helps being in shape but that isn't probably your problem.

Yeah, those seems to come up alot. I have a fear of being pinned down (kind of like claustriphobia but stronger) so developing strong grappling skills will probably help me conquer that.

Yeah, quite often you can be even as amateur able to block punches but when the opponent start grappling you it's nice to know how to get around especially such opponent that has strenght or just plain mass advantage.

But if you ask me, the study of self-defence starts from your eyes, your head, your feet and your mouth. It's how you percept your enviroment, know where to go and how to move and how to speak to people.

After a while you will notice how things could happen in real life and you start to recognise signs when to be ready.

Thanks. What do you study personally?

You're welcome.
Unfortunately currently nothing. I'm looking for a course which has good teacher. In Finland it's kind of hard since options are rather limited. I would like to mostly study practical implications rather than fancy martial arts. But I do practice with friend of mine (who's kind of all around kind when it comes to these things) with some methods that I have learned. When you keep certain things in your schedule and keep yourself in shape, you know that you are ready.

As said pick something up, some short course example and you will see how it goes from there.

 

[Irish Caesar]

I'm a hell of an engineer!

I consider myself well-versed in American history.
I don't know much at all about music theory, but I like playing the harmonica.
I am also an expert at taking returns at a retail store without swearing at the customers and my boss. That took the most work.

 

[Rheinmetall]

I know a thing or two about welding and metallurgy but I'm in no means an expert.

 

[Xanikk999]

For me i would say troubleshooting and fixing computers, world history, and video games.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Well, I enter data reeeal well, I guess.

History, religion, languages, I dabble in a lot. I am not an expert in anything, however.