Thanks for the input, Andy.  Unfortunately, I have to report that it
didn't work for me.  You can see my results at:

http://www.4test.net/test/ragged_bottom_test.html

I put a border around the footer so that it can be seen.  I was
interpreting your post to mean (and hoping :) ) that the addition of
the footer div with a 'clear: both' attribute would cause the left-
hand menu-bar column to be extended downward so that its bottom would
be touching the top of the footer div just like the right-hand content
column thereby eliminating the ragged bottom.  As you can see, that
didn't happen.

In playing with it, I also note that the div-based layout is much more
difficult to work with than a table-based layout because the
boundaries of a div element are not nearly as rigid as the boundaries
of a table cell.  By that I mean that it seems that it's much easier
for content contained within a div element to spill outside that
element than it is for content to spill outside of a td element.
Thus, the designer has to be much more careful.

However, despite the fact that life is just easier for me using table-
based layouts, I know that the world is moving towards div-based
layouts and there are techniques being developed that can only be
employed using a div-based layout.  So, I really have to get with it
although it seems to be complicating my life.

Thanks again for the input.

         ... doug
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