If you recognize certain items from the past, you might be dating yourself. These older items might mean you've gained a few years yourself. Many of these things are pretty rare these days or don't exist anymore.
The cassette tape was invented by the Dutch company 'Philips' in 1963. The tape allowed you to listen to music or record your own ideas on a blank. Many people made mixtapes using a blank cassette to record their favorite songs when they came on the radio.
Another rare item is a road map. Ever since the advent of GPS, the road map has become obsolete. Family trips involving your father spreading the large folded map across the car's hood for directions are long gone. On the trip, you may have visited Pizza Hut, which still operates over 17,000 restaurants worldwide. However, the decor has changed. You'll never see those red booths, stained-glass chandelier light fixtures, or checkered tablecloths again.
Every family seemed to have a designated pitcher for the sugary drink 'Kool-Aid' back in the day. It was probably stained from the years of drinking the colorful sweet drink. The pitcher may have been purchased at a neighborhood 'Tupperware' party. Local moms would hold parties, and women would shop for food storage containers in their living rooms.
Families would gather around the kitchen table while Dad read the Sunday paper. Then, they would get dressed and head to church. In the afternoon, they would gather with their extended family for a big meal. It was like a family reunion every Sunday.
Children enjoyed 'Nik-L-Nip' fruit-flavored candy. These wax bottles encouraged kids to nip the top off to get to the fruity-tasting liquid inside. Some children also enjoyed candy cigarettes which were chalky sugar-filled bubblegum. They were wrapped in paper to resemble famous cigarette brands, and if you blew air through them, you'd see a puff of smoke!
Families would take pictures together at the 'Olan Mills' portrait studio. In the 80s, you could get a family picture with one member of your group appearing as a floating, semi-transparent head floating above the others. These classic things have come and gone, but our memory of them proves we are getting older.
