Barb I had forgotten about the BEST phone service! I built it myself with two tin cans and a piece of string! The phone worked great, but it caused my pajamas to fall down, when I used it.........where do you think I got the STRING! LOL Actually I lived in the New York area when I was a kid, and I don't miss living there, but if the phone company was still the same, I wish I could bring it to Fla.! Even the PHONE BOOKS were better! KEn B