September 2012 | Issue No. XXIX |
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| ***Please note the following correction from last month's Newsletter: The 9:30 Club is located in Washington, D.C., NOT Baltimore, MD.***
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What Was Life Like 30 Years Ago?
A Glimpse at Some Significant Events of September 1982
Do you remember what you were doing in the fall of 1982? If not, here a few reminders of what was going on in the world 30 years ago this month:
1st - Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH
2nd - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down
4th - Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
4th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
11th - Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
13th - Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
15th - 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
20th - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
21st - 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
23rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
24th - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
25th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
27th - Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again"
28th - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
29th - 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
29th - Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
29th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
(Historyorb.com)
The average house cost $69,300
Equivalent today: $157,130
The average car cost $7,983
Equivalent today: $18,101
The average wage was $14,531
Equivalent today: $32,947
(thecostofliving.com)
| Cost of a first-class stamp: | $0.20 | | Cost of a gallon of regular gas: | $1.30 | | Cost of a dozen eggs: | $0.84 | | Cost of a gallon of Milk: | $2.24 |
(1980sflashback.com)
Have any interesting facts you remember from 1982? Send us your ideas and we'll post them on our Facebook page! (Just respond to this Newsletter or email us at retroactive2004@aol.com)
Don' t forget to tell all your friends about Retro Active and shopretroactive.com. Click on the "forward to a friend" link at the top of this email to forward our newsletter so they can sign up too!!
Check out:
Tuesday nights, 9pm CT
ROCK ON,
Amy & AmyRetro Active
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Holiday Preview
Dickens, RA 12 Days of Christmas and more!
It's never too early to be thinking about preparing for the holidays. Retro Active is no different! This year, we have a few new things in store!
For the first time, we will be participating in the Annual Dickens Christmas Show And Festival at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center November 8-11. Our booth will include an array of unique gift ideas for all ages and interests on your Holiday shopping list! DC and Marvel Comics, A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation and Big Bang Theory are just a few of the major licenses we'll have products from! We'll even be serving Leg Lamp-shaped cookies, while supplies last! AND, we'll have the cookie cutters available for purchase. You could have the coolest cookies at your next holiday cookie exchange party!! So mark your calendars now to come by and see us, at the very least, just to laugh at us in our 19th Century Victorian-themed costumes!
Also, for those that have been participating in our Facebook Retro Active 12 Days of Christmas, we will be having a contest this year, but the format will be changed (thank you, Facebook...NOT!) Some of the focus will come through the Newsletter with hints and some NL-specific prizes. Also, we will have options for locals to participate directly in our store in Myrtle Beach. There will still be some Facebook and Twitter prizes as well. We are still working out some of the details, but it should still prove to be a lot of fun!! And we give cool prizes!
Don't forget, Black Friday, in-store specials all weekend! We will also have a special online discount code in the November NL that will be valid only for that weekend! And, of course, free baked goods, hot apple cider and hot cocoa, while supplies last!
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Upcoming Events:
September 7, 8 & 9: ABBA Tribute Concert at Brookgreen Garden ***SOLD OUT :-(
September 15:
September 21: Father/Son Pirate Treasure Hunt at Ripley's Aquarium
September 28:Appetite for Destruction- Guns N Roses Tribute at House of Blues
September 28-30: Oktoberfest 2012 at Valor Park
CLICK HERE for upcoming events at Broadway at the Beach
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New This Month
Ted
Anchorman
Anthrax
New styles of old licenses:
Goonies
Top Gun
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Eastbound & Down
As summer starts to wind down and storefront business slows a bit, I'll have more time to dedicate to website updates, so there will be more product updates coming soon!! |
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Throw Backs
Retro Active Fantasy Football League
Week 1 Match ups:
Amys' Army Vs. Myrtle Beach Jets
Blue Moon Detective Agency Vs. NH Pride
Sly Fox Vs. Stairway to Seven
Uglyroom Vs. Steel Dragons
Metalheads Vs. Hollabacks
Metal Mayhem Vs. Chief Raven
Stay tuned next month for results and standings after the first month!
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Retro Active, The 70s, 80s & 90s Store Mission Statement:
To provide a ridicule-free shopping experience to all the original Yuppies, Valley Girls, Hair-Band Enthusiasts, Boy-Band-Obsessing, Brat-Pack-Loving fans of the 80s and its peripheral years. To offer a unique supply of nostalgic, decade-specific, hard-to-find items of the 80s by retail means and e-commerce.
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SUMMER HEAT WAVE RELIEF!
Use this code:
SUM2012
and get $4 off any purchase of $25 or more!! |
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Offer Expires: 9/21/2012
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