The buses had been detoured and a supervisor was driving the detoured route. But nothing had been posted about the detours.

The dispatcher told the stranded commuters they could catch detoured buses on Redwood Road.

One problem: Redwood Road bus stops were closed for a mile north and south of 2800 South.

It took Howard McCosh, who works with the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion in Salt Lake City, four hours to get home that day.

Bait and switch? Gold's Gym has entry forms available at restaurants and fast food places around Salt Lake City for a drawing for a free one-year membership to the gym.

The problem: If you read the "official rules" on the back of the form, you learn the sweepstakes ended on June 30 and by signing the form you agree to be contacted by a time-share salesperson from Trendwest Resorts.

Let's hear it for Bountiful: Several readers called or e-mailed to express their dismay over the column item Monday about the man who fell on State Street near the Salt Lake County Government Center and nobody stopped to help him.

Well, all is not lost.

Pat Olson fell on the sidewalk on 500 West in Bountiful and split her elbow open Monday. Three drivers stopped and were out of their cars to help her before she even had a chance to get up.

Not a good listener? Ariel Mumma of Salt Lake City left two messages with Sen. Orrin Hatch's office some time ago expressing her concern about President Bush's plan to change Social Security and move toward individual retirement accounts.

She let Hatch know she was opposed to the idea and would be watching Hatch to see how he voted on the issue.

Recently, she got a letter from Hatch thanking her for her interest in the drug benefit plan and letting her know he was doing all he could to make sure a fair plan would pass Congress.

She had never mentioned the drug benefit plan in her messages to Hatch.

In case of Armageddon: Joshua Pedersen received his schedule for BYU Education Week and got a little more than he expected.

The class described as "A History and Introduction to Muzzle-Loading Artillery" doesn't seem to fit into his curriculum of "parenting, doctrine, leadership and family relationships."

Other side of the story: Richard Maxfield, an 86-year-old World War II veteran and member of the American Legion, called after my column item about registrations being down for the American Legion convention in Salt Lake City later this month because of Mayor Rocky Anderson's protests against the war in Iraq.

"There are a lot of us who can't stand President Bush," Maxfield said. "And we're staying away [from the convention] because he is speaking."