- published: 31 Mar 2013
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Timothy Shawn "Tim" Abell (born July 1, 1958) is an American film and television actor.
The youngest of three children, Tim came from the Maryland and Virginia area, where summers were spent fishing on the Chesapeake for striped bass, blue fish, blue crabs and oysters in his father's fifty-year-old 47-foot bay built boat 'Lena M'. Tim indulged his imagination by reading biographies of great military leaders, American Presidents and courageous adventurers exploring far off mysterious lands. He also took up martial arts and boxing and under the tutelage of his uncle found a respect for wildlife conservation and a love for the land while hunting deer, wild turkey and raccoon on the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va.
At the age of 17 Tim watched an army recruitment video in the school canteen featuring the work of 'Special Forces' units; he was immediately hooked. He had signed up within a week and was off to basic training. Promoted in that basic training owing to outstanding leadership skills, Tim advanced quickly, attending AIT, Airborne School and Ranger School all at Fort Benning, Ga. He was assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion Ft. Lewis, Wa., as a US Army Ranger after enduring the Ranger Indoctrination Program. Gaining further promotions, Tim also achieved his Ranger Tab, Expert Infantry Badge, West German Jump Wings, J O T C Patch, Expert Rifle Badge, was an Honours Graduate at Primary NCO School and qualified at the Equestrian Riding School.
I bet he feels like an elephant
Shaking his big grey trunk for the hell of it
You know, that you're dreaming about being loved by him
Too bad your chances are slim
And it's not like Mr Shock to get shy
When my eskimo is on top
He's got friends but you get the feeling
That they wouldn't care too much if he'd just disappear
Here comes
He pulled the mirrors off his cadillac
Because he doesn't like it looking like he looks back
Somebody grabbed his collar
He cried the whole way home