I warm the car up, jack up the front enough to loosen the plug (with a jack stands for protection while under it), then lower it so it just clears my big drain pan (no jack stand), pull the plug and let it drain...when it starts dripping, I swap out a shallow pan for the big pan, lower the front and (sometimes) move the jack to raise the rear enough to cant the pan forward and drain the small remainder. When it finishes, I put in the plug and fiddle with the filter. Not too much time, pain or strain.
My experience, there is less than a pint left in the pan after step 1...I have more than that in my
oil cooler and lines. I used to take off the cooler lines and blow that
oil out, but I decided as often as I change the
oil, it wouldn't make that much difference, so I live with it...that seems to be the general consensus here on the forum.