Hi,
1. How do I download only the text on a webpage, without tracking their
external links. 
e.g. for this page <http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1784872>, I
would only what the text, no other links. 

2. Is there a way that I can download in the .txt format, rather than a .html
format? 

3. Is there a way to leave out all those html tags, or I have to use a parser?