On Apr 28, 4:40*pm, RickH wrote:

Frankly I think it should be against the law to sell a cordless phone
that wont work in a power outage, but thats beside the point.

You're awfully eager for some level of government to interfere in a
private transaction.

Man up and get an old phone. In a pinch, the handset can be used
to inflict blunt-force trauma on an intruder.

Cindy Hamilton