Sorry Hurricane90, What I said sounded harsher that it was intended to.

I was simply eluding to the fact that for some people (like yourself) learning to fly a taildragger is easy. Others can have a hard time with it.

And some Taildraggers are easier than others.

Since everybody's learning curve is different, and every taildragger is different, chances are (I'm not going to do the math) the person you're talking to will have a very different experience than you had.

I recommend that people start out with a nose wheel. Why? Here are 4 scenarios:

Scenario 1: You tell a newbie to start with a nose wheel, and he finds take offs easy.
Scenario 2: You tell a newbie to start with a nose wheel, and he finds take offs hard.
Scenario 3: You tell a newbie to start with a tail wheel, and he finds take offs easy.
Scenario 4: You tell a newbie to start with a tail wheel, and he finds take offs hard.

Now, his reaction in the 4 cases:

Scenario 1: Wow! Taking off was easy!
Scenario 2: Wow! Taking off was harder than I thought. Good thing I had a nose wheel!
Scenario 3: Wow! Taking off with a taildragger was easier than I thought it would be!
Scenario 4: Wow... YOU said I wouldn't have any problems with a tail wheel! Let's go pick up the pieces.

Now, YOUR reaction in the 4 cases:

Scenario 1: ATTABOY!
Scenario 2: Not bad, you'll get used to it.
Scenario 3: See? I told you that you could do it!
Scenario 4: Gee, I've never seen a plane do that before... Let's go pick up the pieces.

You suddenly find yourself in the awkward position of having told someone that you though they could do something that they couldn't.

We all have that line of thinking that "If I can do it, anybody can".

If that were the case, I'd have a much higher paying job