I REMEMBER (standing up and waving my hands). My generation grew up with those. Right now I have a wall phone that is one of the very first push button phones made and I LOVE it. It rings so loud though that it scares the holy wits out of my kitties when it rings and they all take off running in different directions. There are just some conversations that I do not want on a cordless phone for anyone to overhear and the newer phones are to light to stay put when you have to do a long reach for something.