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    Old 01-06-2018, 08:15 PM
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    Default Textile Mill workers removing impurities from raw cotton

    Sharing a photo I took of textile mill workers manually removing impurities from bales of cotton. This is a textile mill in Rawalpindi Pakistan which makes high quality bedding for export to hotels, interesting tour. Most of the cotton is coming from India.

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    Old 01-06-2018, 08:22 PM
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    Wow. I bet that was an interesting tour.
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    Old 01-06-2018, 08:46 PM
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    how interesting
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    Old 01-06-2018, 09:16 PM
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    thanks for sharing.
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    can you imagine doing that for hours,at a time!i
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    Thank you for the amazing photo.
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    Your photo and perspective of the tour should make all of us better appreciate the finished fabric we work with.
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    Originally Posted by bearisgray
    can you imagine doing that for hours,at a time!i
    And most probably being paid a pittance.
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    impressive! still doing it the old fashion way! I bet it develops everyone's patience...
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    Originally Posted by helou
    impressive! still doing it the old fashion way! I bet it develops everyone's patience...
    isnt that what the cotton gin was invented for? So it seems there are still forms of slavery present in this world......
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