Here's the deelio... 38'ish years ago the rubik's cube was invented. I couldn't figure the damn thing out. I got the book titled "Solution to the rubik's cube." It was a travesty- no help at all. In frustration (I was 10)- I got the "simple solution to the rubik's cube." This book (for morons like me) was the answer to my prayers. Suddenly, I was not only solving the cube, I was in competitions at Chesterfield Teenage Center( A local mall) where I competed in heats to determine the best cube solver. I never got far (there were 12-15 year old kids I was competing against), but the book stayed in my mind as something that made a difference. Fast forward 30+ years. My daughter has a Rubik's cube. Only problem is I forgot how to solve it- so I went to where every intelligent parent would go- YOUTUBE. Problem there- ALL the videos are wrong!!!!!!!! Seriously- some solutions get close, but for all the 3d stuff, they still don't get 100%
So on ebay today, in CANADA, for about $6 bucks, I bought a coffee stained (and who knows whatever else stained) copy of the original book. That cube is MINE!!!!!
