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  1. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    You jinxed it, I got one as well! ;)
  2. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    Good morning all! Summer like tamps return for a few days. Currently its 56F and the high will go all the way up to 85F. Looks like 80s for the next few days. About the only thing planned for today is our last away volleyball tournament of the season (thank goodness). Probably wont be home...
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    History of All Kinds

    Oct 10, 1865 John Wesley Hyatt patents the billiard ball made from cellulose nitrate (celluloid) in Albany, New York (patent US50359A.
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    History of All Kinds

    Oct 10, 1845 Founding of the US Naval Academy: To improve the then-unsatisfactory methods of instructing midshipmen, George Bancroft—historian, educator, and secretary of the navy—founded the Us. Naval Academy in Annapolis,, Maryland, on this day in 1845.
  5. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    Same here! My wife makes a spinach casserole for her and the daughter and it looks like the underside of my mower deck when I cut the grass wet!
  6. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    Come to think of it, I had to do it first thing this morning and have not had to since. Been off and on several times today already.
  7. migalyto

    Mail Call! Railway Post Office, commonly abbreviated as RPO has rolled in!

    I say do it! Post pics on all the forums and drive the rivet counters insane! ;)
  8. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    Made it look better than it already did. That's a great contractor!
  9. migalyto

    History of All Kinds

    Oct 9, 1941 US President Franklin D Roosevelt approves an atomic program that would become the Manhattan Project.
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    History of All Kinds

    Oct 9, 1938 The Boulder Dam (later called Hoover Dam), on the Arizona-Nevada border, began generating electricity for such areas as Los Angeles , which celebrated with a parade
  11. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    Good morning all! Happy Friday! Mostly cloudy and 56F this morning. There is a chance of scattered rain showers later this morning, but if it happens it should only last an hour or so, High today is around 75F. Usual Friday chores around the house this morning, Daughter is off school today...
  12. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    And when I first started reading your post, I was thinking you were going to say "tonight we made pizza". ;)
  13. migalyto

    History of All Kinds

    You are thinking of the USS Saratoga CV-3. This was the Saratoga Superclass carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) Build Dates Key Dates EventDate Construction StartedDecember 16, 1952 LaunchedOctober 8, 1955 CommissionedApril 14, 1956 The USS Saratoga (CV-3) was one of the first aircraft...
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    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    Good morning all! The nice fall like weather continues again today. Currently its 48F and the high is expected to hit 74F under mostly sunny skies. A few degrees cooler than yesterday which hit 78F. Usual stuff around the house this morning. Not much else going on at the moment. Have a safe...
  15. migalyto

    Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

    It was probably before you joined. He hasn't been on this forum for a couple years now.
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