Previously called “Patek’s Law”.
OK one more car related, funny thing I’ve noticed over the years: fancy‑looking cars seem to trigger an allergic reaction in Civics and a good chunk of BMW ‘M’ cars. Get on the local highway in the R8, cruising maybe 3 mph over the limit just enjoying the engineering… and suddenly a swarm of souped‑up Hondas and Ms materializes like you stepped on a beehive. They circle, rev, try to bait you into doing something stupid.
She was heavy. GPZ nice! that bike made extraordinary HP for a 750cc. Early 80's?
When I lived (for a couple of seasons) in West Sussex in the early 2002's, I had a custom VRod and my daily driver was a Tuscan S. I loved riding/driving to the Fountain (Ashurst?), great people, great pub food and cool vehicles!
Far easier to repair (i.e., to source parts) for vacuum tube audio than modern audio. E.g., the 2A3 power triode has been in continuous production since it was introduced in the early 1930s. Similarly the 6SN7, 12AX7, and other common audio/hifi tubes have never gone out of production. EDIT: people say it's because of the musical instrument amp market, but it's more subtle than that. I don't think you'll ever find a guitar or harp amp rockin' a 2A3 direct-heated triode.
I regularly try to avoid the NJ Garden State Parkway as much as possible! I wish it was more like the NJ / NY Palisades Parkway which is far more scenic, has less traffic and is toll free!
We used to use the Garden State Pky to get from the Tpk to the NY Thruway (87/287) to go across the Tappan Zee bridge (EDIT excuse me! I meant, of course, the Mario Cuomo Bridge!
). A neighbor of ours in MA strongly recommended switching to the Palisades Pkwy, and it cut 1/2 hour off of our trip from MD to MA (or, now, NH). The only problem with the Palisades Pkwy is that the constabulary (two states' worth) is a common presence and takes the 55 (used to be 50) mph speed limit rather seriously. 
Mrs. H and I met at Hopkins, but her parents had retired to NH, so she, and later we, would schlepp back and forth several times a year. Later, we moved to MA, but both of our kids went to college in the DC/MD area. More schlepping. Now, we and our daughter and her family all live in NH... but our son, his wife, and their cats live in NoVA. MORE schlepping. Fated to do it for life, methinks. Wow nice looking wooden furniture(futons, table,and seat from cowboy movies).
a two wheeled vehicle that can be ridden, that has the ability to be steered and brake while riding, usually self-propelled by some semblance of an engine (and possibly a gearbox) or a motor is all that is needed to qualify as a motorcycle.I thought you said he is a motorcycle fan?
The 6 cylinder Benelli Sei did it first (and sang that wonderful 6 cylinder tune first [in 1973]). I had already become a street legal rider (at 15 years old) and had already ridden a 1972 CB Honda CB750, but the Benelli was my street bike dream in 1973. But, even back then, I preferred the ability to leave the roadway and go adventuring on motorcycles (and still do).
The wine & whisky help the fidelity!
I'll see when I have the time to pull it out of my mothers wall (in a week or so, between Dr. appointments [my own, my wife's and my 92 year old mother's]) and PM you with what info I can glean from it. Thank you so much.Far easier to repair (i.e., to source parts) for vacuum tube audio than modern audio. E.g., the 2A3 power triode has been in continuous production since it was introduced in the early 1930s. Similarly the 6SN7, 12AX7, and other common audio/hifi tubes have never gone out of production. EDIT: people say it's because of the musical instrument amp market, but it's more subtle than that. I don't think you'll ever find a guitar or harp amp rockin' a 2A3 direct-heated triode.
"We" tend to eschew obsolescence.
As to a tube tester... I mean... I have one, but that doesn't help much. They're of somewhat limited usefulness, anyway. The best test of a tube is in situ (in the circuit for which you wish to use it).
Could well not be a tube, though. They certainly can fail catastrophically (e.g., power output tubes and HV rectifiers) but it's not terribly common (at least with small signal tubes). Rectifiers in that intercom are probably solid state. Power tube is probably something like a 6AQ5 (single ended or two for push-pull). Danged rugged and cheap tubes even today.
I presume the intercom is a NuTone. They were the sine qua non for house intercoms.
What does it do, or not do?
Feel free to send me a PM and we can troubleshoot by wire.
PS if you have a chassis number, send it to me and I'll see if it's in Sams. If so -- I probably have the schematic.
I definitely fell for the tube amp myth. It was a pain lugging a 30kg unit around, when a small box would’ve sufficed and have better functionality.
I should have qualified "in line wheels", that way the Segway thingy would be out. Perhaps require a leg on each side, as some motorcycles do NOT have a seat.
