A second later, down the line, he heard the nurses asking: "Where?" It says much for Spall's bloody-minded longevity that I have to refresh my memory on all the roles he's embodied.
One of the secrets of longevity is said to be an active interest in life.
"As to the investment made in the past six months, it doesn't have any longevity beyond Ebola.
What we've said is that any major decisions will probably be based on longevity and we would want to ensure that we could retain our status in the Premier League".
Much like a marriage, the intention of every managerial appointment is to form a union based on respect, success and longevity.
By 2030, they forecast, women will live to 87.6 years (one year more than the Office for National Statistics expects) and, most significantly, men will live to 85.7 years (2.4 years more, closing sharply the longevity gender gap).
Matthews probably owed his longevity in part to his lifestyle: he was a non-smoking teetotaller.
Viktor Korchnoi has set another longevity landmark by winning last month's Swiss championship in Grachen at age 78.
It says everything about the Argentinian's longevity at Palace that Moses, now of Chelsea, was 13 when Speroni arrived in south London.
The job is not traditionally designed to last longer than a couple of years; what's remarkable about Moyles's reign has been his longevity and ability to deliver massive audiences to a station often in a state of flux, in the face of fierce competition – both external and from within the BBC itself.
Ross Tucker, the professor of exercise physiology at University of the Free State in South Africa, puts it this way: "Gatlin has a peculiar longevity.
