fritzdecat,
First of all, welcome back to the hobby. I came into this hobby about 10 years ago and started building with CA at that time. then about 6 years ago I gave it up because of most of the reasons you stated. I hated the stinging eye, the burning lungs, the crap on my fingers, the quick setting parts, the hard to sand wood, etc....... I started using Elmer's Carpenter's Glue and haven't looked back once since the switch. Not only is it easier to work with I feel that the quality of my builds have improved since I switched. The biggest "benefit" that most people who promote CA use is that it's faster to build with, but I disagree. It's been my experience that if you plan your build you can build just as quickly with Elmer's as you can with CA..... if you want to. But then again, building fast leads to mistakes... But that's another subject!!

Anyway, that's my 2¢ on the subject.

Ken