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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally Posted by vash
not only high thread count, but egyptian cotton, high count. i dont know why i know this, but egypt has the best cotton, because of the lack of rain. raindrops beat the cotton fibers down. lack of rain allows the cotton strands to be lenghty-er. the sheets feel like satin when you climb in. they last longer too, so your investment is not in vain.
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Funny thing here. I spent a lot of time in Egypt. Lived in Cairo for a while and know the area pretty well.
Tried while I was there to get some nice sheets and they had NONE. Seems that all the nice stuff is shipped to Europe and America and the Egyptians are left with the rest...
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