It seems really 'hacky' to absolutely position a table row and move it around... But it works in IE7. I can't install any other browsers at the moment to test it out.
Is this a bad idea (i.e. unsupported, non-standard, etc.)?
Edit I'm sticking a table header in place with some frustrating requirements. So far NO PLUGINS will work for what I need to do.
Just tested this craziness in IE8, Chrome, FireFox and Safari. Works everywhere. But to answer your question: yes it's absolutely peculiar.