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:
>> >>
>> >> 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 you may have been write.

(just testing)