On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 15:17:53 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-01-01 3:02 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> 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 Bruce knows what Dave meant
>
>I am sure he did, but Bruce's primary function here is sniping.

Huh? No sniping intended.