Ray sounds like my old lead, same energy. I keep both on the bench too and I stopped feeling bad about it. Biscuits are faster for plywood boxes and panels where the joint barely shows, dowels win on hard maple and anything that needs to stay put without swell. Picking by wood is not a cop out, it is just knowing your stock. The speed thing only matters if you are doing the same job over and over, and cabinet runs are never the same twice.