Now I know what you are referring to. The majority of the forums on RCU are for the discussion of RC related items. RCU is broken down into main areas such as RC Planes, RC Cars, and RC Boats, and there are many sub-forums under each of these areas. However, in each of these three areas we have provided an "Off Topic" forum where members may gather and discuss non-RC related topics. The rules of RCU call for each discussion thread to relate to the forum that it is posted in, however we discovered that there are times that the members of these forums want to discuss non-RC related items. Since non-RC related items cannot be discussed in the regular forums we have provided these Off Topic forums to facilitate this. This is no different than a group of buddies gathering at the flying field and discussing the weather or what was on the news the night before. As long as the RCU rules are followed members are free to discuss non-RC related items in these forums. RCU saw the need for these forums a long time ago and they have been very well received as they do get a lot of traffic. The Moderators of RCU keep a close watch on these forums to ensure that the rules of RCU are followed in these forums.

I hope that this addresses your concerns.

Ken