_Like Shaking Hands With God_ is not worth the money of you have read the other works by Vonnegut he wrote since 1980 that spells out his personal philosophy on life, the universe and everything. However, I stand by my assertion that if someone were to publish Vonnegut's collected grocery lists, I would buy that book.This book, comes close. It is short and spare and lacking in depth -- 80 pages of widely spaced larger type font. I am now vaguely interested in the writings of Lee Stringer now, but not enough that I plan on following up on finding moreabout his work.

This is the first time I've ever written a review but feel it is so important because this is one of the worst products we've ever bought. We bought the phones for xmas. Everything on the phones work very well (range, caller ID, phone book, phone page, etc) except that it sounds like you're on a cell phone when you use this phone. One problem is that if you and the caller ever start talking at the same time, it's impossible to hear what the person said so you have to keep saying, "what was that?". I've called home and my husband sounds like he's talking on a cell phone - it's not static at all but just unclear. We've heard that from friends and relatives too. Maybe ours is defective but now we're stuck with it and will have to swallow the cost and start looking for a new one...live and learn I guess.

I purchased this phone to replace a single handset 900 Mhz Uniden phone that I loved. Since I am a gadget junkie I decided to go with the 2.4 Ghz, and to my surprise it was much worse. I read someone else's review that compared it to a cell phone, but my cell phone is more clear. I would recommend no one purchase this phone. It is a great concern that you can not even count on consistency from the manufacturers of cordless phones. Every time I buy a new phone, I always end up buying a different brand in order to find the quality I am looking for.

If your looking for a phone with clarity, volume and the ability to hold up to 100 names and numbers in the directory, look no more!Advantages:* The caller ID and directory share the same memory so let's say if you have 75 names in the directory you have 25 memory slots left for caller ID info. As your directory grows your caller ID slots grow shorter.* Lots of clear volume.* Easy to read displayDisadvantages:* Cannot send directories to other phones* Cannot add any more phones to system (2 phone limit)* No speaker phone in base* Wish phone had caller ID and directory matching. When someone calls thats in your directory it would come up on the display as it is shown in the directory* END button is really to small. I wish Uniden would have just used the TALK button made to also end the call.With everything considered these phones work well and should be considered when looking for a 2.4GHz cordless phone.

I've owned a variety of multi-handset 2.4Ghz phones, the last pair being Siemens. This one (in my environment) provides greater range than other models and good clarity.Beware two shortcomings compared to a Siemens: (a) You cannot use both handsets simultaneously. Although you can transfer a call between handsets you can't pick up on a call in progress from the unused handset. (b) There is no visual indication of remaining battery life. If you are like me and don't like to charge the phone until it is almost dead - you have to guess.I still like the phone, though, and would recommend it to anyone who needs superior range and wall-penetration.

I have noticed that neither phone will not charge in its base unit. When you rest the phone on the cradle, it will not charge unless you provide additional support to keep the phone on the charging contacts. At present we use a popcicle stick to position the phone so it will charge. This is a trick we learned from a previous Uniden phone purchase. That phone took 2 years for the problem to develop, this phone set took 3 months. We have always liked the Uniden phones for their clarity and sound quality, but a phone that won't recharge is of little use, no matter how great the sound quality. This will be the last Uniden phone that we purchase. At least with this phone the keypad didn't stop working too, unless that will happen in the next few weeks!