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rsterling78 Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 1/30 5:08am Subject: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	Okay, Goldenrod, let's think this through first. I realize the sands of Tatooine are hard on the joints, but is almost complete immersion in oil a good idea? I'm sure your joint articulations could use a good cleaning with the old compressed air gun followed by the application of some oil from an oil can. Of course, the noise from the air compressor would drown out a lot of dialog with "Master Luke". Also, compressed air guns and oil cans aren't very "sci fi". But I can't believe that a literal bath in oil is a good idea. I mean, you've got what appear to be exposed wiring across your midsection. I'm sure said wires are insulated, but are the delicate components they are attached to designed to be covered in oil?
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Grand_Moff_Jawa Registered: May '01	Date Posted: 1/30 5:54am Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	I would think droids of all kinds would be sealed against the elements. Artoo got soaking wet on Dagobah, both from being in the pond and from being rained on. -----signature----- "I can't abide those Jawas... disgusting creatures"! - C3PO This sig line is [FABULOUSO!] www.outerrimsieges.com "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." -- Carl Sagan
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GrandAdmiral_Frank Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 1/30 6:39am Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	How do we know exactly what the properties of this oil bath are? There could be a syntheticated oil based formula that is used for droids when cleaning them. Threepio does dry off afterwards... -----signature----- Member of the Han Solo and Chewbacca FanClub Member of the TFF Winner of the PT Rewrite Challenge Four "Don't make me destroy you"-Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back
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MikeSweet Registered: Jan '09	Date Posted: 1/30 7:04am Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!' - Date Edited: 1/30 7:07am (1 edits total) Edited By: MikeSweet
	I just tell myself it's "Super Space Oil". It's a much bigger leap when it comes to R2 rolling along on a sand dune. How far would he move in real life? Answer: Not at all. But hey, it's Star Wars, and I just choose to overlook stuff like that.
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morpha2 Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 1/30 10:37am Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	It's jojoba oil. It's freakin' dry on Tatooine--3P0 just wants to fight the visible signs of aging.
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Qui-Gon_Reborn Title: Qui-Gon's Personal SWC Modsaber Registered: Dec '08	Date Posted: 2/1 2:23am Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	Well, the oil is probably tailed specifically to lubricate droids, and won't do him any harm. -----signature----- To be a true poet is to become God. - Dan Simmons Now bring me that horizon. - Capt. Jack Sparrow High Priestess in the Holy Order of the Circle-in-the-Sky Worshippers
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skywalkerz Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 2/12 7:42pm Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	I use air dusters to clean my PC, but in this case, Threepio is a robot and robots need oil baths to get themselves moving properly again.
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voodoopuuduu Title: Classic Trilogy Trivia Host Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 2/15 1:00pm Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!' - Date Edited: 2/15 1:04pm (1 edits total) Edited By: voodoopuuduu
	Maybe an oil bath is more like an oil change/oil filtering for the droids, but an easy way to do it. Maybe have valves that open up when dunked in oil, and then exchange their old dirty oil for new clean oil ? After all, we dont see any easy to replace filtering devices on the GFFA droids. -----signature----- Winner CT Trivia Challenge 44, 54 Winner PT Trivia Challenge 10 , 13, 14, 17 Joint-Winner CT Challenge 49 and 50, PT Challange 18
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_Sublime_Skywalker_ Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 2/18 12:55am Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	I think the bigger mistake here is Threepio's use of "feel". I mean, we see in ROTJ that droids can apparently be tortured and feel "pain" with their sensors, but how exactly do they feel when they're made up out of scrap metal? Am I the only one confused by this? -----signature----- 'You don't know the Power of the Darkside!'-Darth Vader
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Sunnin-Onna-Rock Registered: Feb '09	Date Posted: 2/19 5:20am Subject: RE: 'Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good!'
	Sublime_Skywalker, they don't feel. It's just part of their programming to make them seem more sociable and human.
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