The Jumbled Skate Rack

Closing up in the dark, a rink attendant finds six ice skates on the floor: two of size 8 8 , two of size 9 9 , and two of size 10 10 . Unable to read the labels, he ties them into three pairs uniformly at random. A pair is usable if its two skates differ by at most one size. What is the probability that all three pairs turn out usable?

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