I now have more stick time than yoke time - although about 4000 of that is on Airbusses so I'm not sure that counts! But it's safe to say that in my career, the more fun and exciting aircraft have had sticks!
''Now, given a choice of a taildragger with a yoke, or a nosegear aeroplane with a stick, which would the diehards choose then?''
You could come up with lots of combinations, but from my logbook I'm comparing a Cessena 120 to a Tucano.
Stick!