Reaching Across from the Grave

A married couple of the town of Roermond in the Netherlands are forever separated by cemetery walls. According to Varik and Church Records of the 17th Century,

In 1842 a twenty-two year old Catholic woman of nobility (J.W.C. van Gorkum) married a colonel in the Dutch Cavalry. He was not of nobility and was Protestant as well. That must have been the scandal of the century in Roermont. However, the marriage had lasted almost forty years, when the colonel died. Eight years later the woman past away also. She had refused to be laid to rest in the family's large tomb and, instead, had ordered the monument that you can still see today. She lies on one side of the wall, he on the other, still holding hands.

Apparently, while the church had rules about who gets buried where, there were no hard and fast rules about such monuments. Link  -via TYWKIWDBI


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Roer is a river called Rur in my town, just a few kilometers away from Roermond on the German side. "Mond" means "mouth", not "mont" = hill. The whole area is a catholic enclave both in the Netherlands and Germany.
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Awesome.

Despite the spelling in the Reddit-post, it's actually "Roermond". I'm also sure that it has always been this way despite the fact that older spelling cóuld have been with a "t", because the latter part comes from the Latin "mundium"

Source: "http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roermond_(naam)"
It's in Dutch, but you can deduct it from the second paragraph.
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When I lived in Michigan we had a restaurant called "Uncle John's" on Telegraph road and they had a hamburger called 'the Hamburger Ranchero'. OMG! I was pregnant at the time and I craved these burgers like no other. It started out with a 1/2 pound hamburger topped with a fried egg, chili, cheese and ALL the fixings. I still dream of this burger once or twice a year...
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Everyone has their ideal burgers. :)

I like it pretty simple, but I'm particular about a few things. I like the smashed kind with the thin, crispy edges like Steak and Shake or Shake Shack. I like American, Cheddar or "pub" cheese. Onion, but it has to be white onion. No red. Any lettuce can't be wilted or wimpy... preferably it's chopped iceberg or something crunchy. Dill pickles or pickle relish. Mustard and *a very light dose of* mayo = musts. I can handle a number of condiments unless they are dripping from and drowning the sandwich. I have to have a good bun that's oiled/buttered and toasted/grilled. Haha. Pretty picky, now that I'm reading back on it!
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