Definitely not weird, Rangnath. It's not my coin, yet I enjoy this crash course just like you. It's like Sudoku. If you've never done it yourself you convince yourself it's not interesting. If you've just wrestled through Plant or made your first few puzzles at ground level it's such a pleasure to see a real expert at work.
[off topic] One of the most colourful of Dutch ambassadors was
Robert van Gulik. He spoke several oriental languages and was an expert in oriental cultures, yet, he wrote perfectly good detective novels set in ancient China, which he illustrated himself and translated himself from Dutch to English. When in 1965 he was formally introduced as the new Dutch ambassador to emperor Hirohito, he caused an incident. He introduced himself in court Japanese, a variation on Japanese very few people speak, even in Japan. The emperor was highly amused and instead of the obligatory 10 minutes, the introduction took almost an hour. The emperor's schedule for the day was ruined and, even worse, most courtiers, who rule the emperor's life, didn't have a clue what the two were talking about. [/off topic]
Peter
