Barry Friedman

@MarcSettle Or turning your old Apple Watch in for a refurbished one once the battery is under 80% capacity. The one I got may have been refurbished but it looked brand new to me.

My Apple Watch battery now lasts around 48 hours between charges. You can achieve this too thanks to this one simple trick - buying a new Apple Watch. 😐

@garywhite13 Only Siri or Alexa know how they really feel.

Somehow, no Polk legislators wanted to talk about DeSantis' pocket veto of local projects.

Polk County loses out on $6.2 million in expected grants after Gov. DeSantis opts not to approve Legislative Budget Committee's funding for local projects. My story: bit.ly/3ChIT4V

@stephenrobles Definitely! You, too! I’m love-blogging up a storm (pun sort of intended): lkldnow.com/hurricane-ian-…

@BIF Stay safe Barry!

I *think* it’s gonna rain today

@stephenrobles Not me. I’m going to working from an uncomfortable chair in the living room that affords a good view of the front door. #notquiteasobsessed

Me on my front lawn until UPS gets here

This is a test: lkldnow.com/lakeland-recog…

@MarcSettle Was there accompanying audio of angels singing?

That awkward moment when the sun comes out from behind the clouds, reflects on a storage cabinet nearby and gives your Zoom an effect you totally weren't expecting...

@LLDustin_Wyatt Did they do you the courtesy of signing it with a real name?

Three hours into a City Commission meeting … youtube.com/watch?v=OGC4Jn…

@lauradavis I was very close to Bono outside the loading dock at the Jenkins arena when U2 was rehearsing their Zoo Tour at the Lakeland Center. The one I didn't meet was one I had a chance to cover but I went to a Paul Simon concert instead.

@BIF Omg BIF this is tough, I actually have no idea 😂 Bono?????

1. Paul McCartney 2. Jimmy Carter 3. Bono 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Hillary Clinton

Bears repeating.

@garywhite13 “I’m going to “Sun ’n Fun.” “Where It’s At” “Um, at Sun ’n Fun.” “I know. Where It’s At.” “Y’know. The airport. That’s where it’s at.”

Theme for 48th edition of Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland is "Where It's At" ... bit.ly/3nlm9KQ

Let me be the 999,999th person to note how much more work I’m getting done with FB and IG offline.

@LLDustin_Wyatt What? Is Brian Burns back?

A Lakeland media site (not one I’ve worked for) gets mentioned here — and not in a good way. dankennedy.net/2021/09/24/the…

@lauradavis Polk County = magnet for sad news and weird news.

Because I’ve been obsessed with this Gabby Petito case, I pulled up her AllTrails profile to see where they had been. And I’ll be damned if there wasn’t a Polk County connection. Not that it means a thing, I was just stunned to see it, of all places. #centeroftheuniverse

@garywhite13 Asking for a friend: How did they count people who did neither?

Study says Floridians have watched 3 times more sports than they've played during the pandemic. Wondering if that differs from any other time.

@theledger No, they’ll likely decide In two weeks. Monday is first reading, which means the city attorney will read the title of the ordinances but there will be no discussion or vote.

Lakeland officials will decide Monday whether a cow pasture has a future as a 199-home home development off Lake Parker. theledger.com/story/news/loc…

Glad to see @mylkldelectric is offering rebates on a wide range of electric vehicles. When I got my Chevy Volt, only the Nissan Leaf was eligible for a rebate.