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concerned, but from the judicial standpoint you have done nothing more than basically reduced your caseload and you continue to practice. You know, the reason why I say that is your salary is the same whether you go to work or you don't go to work. It makes no difference. But Dan agreed to accept the senior status and to maintain a case law that was commensurate with a senior status level. Now that may not mean much to most folks, but when you reach the age that Dan is, and I can tell you that he was born on March 15th,
1913. So you start figuring in 1983, and you make the election to retire or go senior status it's the love of the office is the reason why you do it. And he did it and he has continued to do it, and I hope to goodness he will continue for many more years to do it because it's been a real relief to the system. We cannot function without judges like Judge Russell accepting the caseload as a senior judge. We just can't function. There's no way that we active judges can pick up the load.
But, Dan, on behalf of myself, my family
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER