On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 11:59:17 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 2:16:03 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 05:09:25 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 6:09:12 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 18:01:44 -0500, Dave Smith
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I have to go onto the kitchen in a while and start cooking. We have a
>> >> >bunch of stuff that my wife bought that I will be cooking. We have some
>> >> >nice bid scallops that will be pan seared. There are a couple nice
>> >> >looking beef tenderloin steaks, some mushrooms, nice fresh rolls.
>> >> >Megatron is the the saladmeister, so as soon as she is done with that I
>> >> >will go in and get started on the cooking. We have a couple bottles of
>> >> >wine ready to go. There is a nice local Reisling to go with the scallops
>> >> >and a bottle of Rioja to have with the beef.
>> >>
>> >> What's a bid scallop? An old and stuffy one?
>> >
>> >Big. A simple typo that autocorrect wouldn't catch.
>>
>> Of course. You never know though. Bay scallops, bid scallops, bad
>> scallops, why not?
>
>Obviously Dave knows best what he intended, but "nice big scallops"
>rang true for me. I was a copy editor and proofreader for several
>years; I seem to have a knack for finding typos and knowing what the
>writer intended.

I think Bruce knows what Dave meant