and HTML is not exactly something one 'stores'

One of my exceptions to always adding, or recording, the URL is for articles from the Microsoft Knowledge Base. In IE, I can "save as" and choose the "Web Archive, single file (*.mht)" format, and have the "document" saved locally for quick access or slow reading later. In the case of the KB articles, it's fairly easy to find articles by the document number, so I edit the default title to put the KB# at the front end of the filename, as I save them. Most web pages can be saved the same way, although it can be blocked if they really want to do it. Save As "html" is horribly messy, and I've (almost) completely given up on that.

Another option is to email a web page to yourself, and you can paste the URL in the subject line for record purposes, although sometimes the URL will get truncated if it's a really long one. Of course, with html browser email you can't save the email, but ...

(Most KB article titles are too long to archive on CD, so they have to be altered if you really want to keep one for historical purposes. Even your WinXP setup disks will get you notice of CD-illegal filenames if you try to burn an archive copy.)

John