On 04 Jul 2011, bob haller wrote in
alt.home.repair:

I use FREE AOL, and honestly dont understand what a news reader
is..........

it comes up as http://groups.google.com/group/alt.home

You are mistaken - you don't use AOL to read newsgroups, you are using
Google groups. As far as I know, AOL hasn't had its own Usenet service
since 2005.

I have had my AOL e mail address at least 15 years it works fine
and is easy to remember

Your email host isn't relevant to this discussion.