Woh stag, I was not taking the ****, I was having a bit of light banter as is usual between 30-06 owners and .308 owners, I am certainly not going to go to all the trouble of listing the rifles I've had over the years, it isn't that serious. I will say I have had rifles since before the legal age, there were a lot about then and nobody seemed to mind, and I am a bit long in the toothe now so I'll say no more.
As for the 30-06 and .308, lets just say if I had a 30-06 I would not need a .308 and if I had a .308 I wouln't need a 30-06 but if I had niether I would go for the .308 purely because it does the job for everything I can think of and it is marginally cheaper to run, sweeter on the shoulder and ammo is probably more commonly available.
It is a shorter action so, in theory,should be quicker for a follow thro shot, but that would be purely hypothetical and rarely practical.
I would suggest, over the ranges most quarry is shot over, that there is very little difference in killing power or meat damage between the two.
That's my two penneth for what it's worth, so now it's down to personnal preference.
He can't go wrong with whichever one he decides on.