Jim, why it works is because you ignore the background image that is dumped into the site to keep the newbies out.

If you save the page by file - save as - Opera and later versions of MSIE V6 give you the options to "save all (includes images)" or "save as HTML text only" - the second one is almost as fast as the way you describe.

If you "save all" - you can go into the subdirectory and delete the annoying graphics (you will need to read the page code to workout which images to kill) - but you get to keep the special fonts, if you want to print the page that way... you can also edit the page to delte ads etc...

These are not as as easy as what you describe for beginners I admit.

Robin