Replace your second piece of code with
Code:
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="techrefmenu_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[tech]</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="e53wd.php">$vbphrase[tech_x5wds]</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="e83wd.php">$vbphrase[tech_x3wds]</a></td></tr>
</table>
</div>