Internet Explorer has some issues with that particular template. The initial problem was the contents of the page ending up behind the border, with the border actually covering some of the content of the site (which is obviously unacceptable). The solution was to simply make it so that if it happens that way (and like you said, it's an intermittent in IE's CSS rendering), that the page will simply render on top of the border.
I must stress, though, that this is an issue exclusive to Internet Explorer.
Cool, so its an issue with IE. I am starting to understand your particular quote choice lol.
Are you aware of any hot fixes for IE7 that may rectify the css rendering issue.
Also a thought, could this be caused by the way in which the actual border graphic was rendered when it was created. Just wondering if re-rendering the graphic and saving it to web as another format that is more cross browser compatible might fix the issue
Thanks so much for your help