It surrounded me early since childhood.
My dad did. Newspaper, rotary phone and a local. A strict rule for my brother and I was that we couldn't use the phone anytime between 4:00pm - 5:30 everyday - Incoming daily lines from the local.
Also during family get together's (e.g. b-days, thanksgiving, xmas party's, etc) a majong and poker table were always set up in the garage. Aunts and uncles played till the sun came up.
I also remember my dad momentarily stepping out in the middle of church on Sunday mornings for obvious reasons.:lol: I thought it was so cool. Let's see..what else.
But the best story of all? My dad and his best friend single handedly sent all of his 5 sisters to nursing school and to the U.S. from various activities. (e.g. rooster fighting, running numbers, dealing 21 and eventually pit bossing)
He'd come back with literally grocery bag loads of cash for my aunts. It is easily his singlemost memerable legacy he'll leave behind with all of my extended family. (That and being an awesome dad)