Musings from the CU Suite

Jun 04, 2013

Sheriff Walt Longmire, Paranoia and Realism

Written by Anthony Demangone

There's a relatively new television show that has hooked me.

Longmire.  

The A&E series is based on series of books by Craig Johnson.  The protagonist of the books and television series is Sheriff Walt Longmire, who serves and protects the beautiful and fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming.

00-longmire-looking-officially-cool                                     Photo from A&E.com

The trailer  (Youtube.com 30 seconds) for season two caught my eye recently.  As the video concludes, Sheriff Longmire exits his truck, rifle in hand.  A deputy asks if trouble is coming.  Longmire nonchalantly replies...Trouble's always coming. 

Longmire isn't complaining when he says it.  And he's not paranoid, either. Rather, he's the ultimate realist. There will be trouble coming. For Longmire.  For NAFCU. For your credit union.  I guarantee it. 

In year two of my new role at NAFCU, I'm starting to realize that there's always trouble. Problems. Threats.  I'm slowing getting used to it.

It isn't a bad thing. It is a simple fact of life.

So, trouble's coming.  The real question is this: What are you going to do about it?

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For those of you heading to Boston this July, you might consider having a cold one at the Bell-In-Hand Tavern, which is near Faneuil Hall. It is America's oldest tavern.  Operating since 1795.  I love the place.  Any time you can mix history and an ice-cold beer...well, let's just say that works for me.Â