I get the idea of this acutally, the other bass forum i used to be on had a "casual" thread where people just chatted about day to day life. The idea of off topic- in my mind- is merely to post threads that aren't bass realated, but people have taken it to mean that they can go off on one in any topic posted there. I'd have thought that a casual thread would be quite a good idea. It would function similarly to a drunk thread, but of course you wouldn't have to be drunk In fact, stuff it, I'm starting a casual.