The whole point of having cordless phones in the house is that a person can walk around, or otherwise talk away from the base, while using the phone.

So how come I still hug the base when I use the phone? Am I really such a creature of habit that I’m trained never to move any farther from the base than a cord would reach?

We HAVE no more cords! But there I am anyway, standing no more than two feet from the wall, whenever I use the phone.

Old people are so weird.