Ok made i made the changes and as far as the browsers go, everything looks to be fine on the 2 that I use, except now I am back to square one where the text is too close to the sideboxes, for my liking. This was the whole reason I used the table for my text so that I could have the text (main content) further away from the edge of the sideboxes.
There must be somewhere in the css where i can change where the text is positioned in the main content, If i can find this then make the necessary changes, then I can eliminate the table altogether. If someone knows where it is, can you please point me in the right direction.
TIA for any help and thanks to those who have already helped!!

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