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Skipton was not alone in offering such an attractive guarantee - Nationwide, the country's biggest building society, had a similar deal. But Skipton has been the only lender to rip it up, resulting in many borrowers seeing the interest rate on their mortgage jump from 3.5 per cent to 4.95 per cent. RCB-90314 Number 14: 30-378 Weatherby Magnum .338 Lapua 338-378 Weatherby Magnum 378 Weatherby Magnum 40-65 Shiloh-Sharps 45-70 U.S. Government 460 Weatherby Magnum RCB-90304 Number 4: 257 Weatherby Magnum 264 Winchester Magnum 3 270 Weatherby Magnum 7mm Remington Magnum 3 7mm Shooting Times Westerner 7mm Weatherby Magnum 30-338 Winchester Magnum 300 Holland & Holland Magnum 300 Weatherby Magnum 300 Winchester Magnum 3 308 Norma Magnum 8mm Remington Magnum 338 Winchester Magnum 340 Weatherby Magnum 350 Remington Magnum 9.3mm x 74 Rimmed 375 Holland & Holland Magnum 416 Remington Magnum 450 Marlin 458 Winchester Magnum

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As a Skipton spokeswoman told Financial Mail: 'Our board has decided that bonuses aren't appropriate this year, given the operating environment and the need to focus on efficiency and boosting core business profitability for the benefit of members.'

The lighting in the Boss is marginal at best. I had to add 4 additional light in it right off the bat to get adequate lighting in the unit. This involved drilling holes, adding an additional power supply, etc… The Thunder had good lighting right out of the box so no changes were needed.