I like Connie's just fine ... I had no idea they were 'seconds' ... and Danny's right ... let those babies sit in the humi for several months (or more) and they're much improved ...
Talking about Connie's and aging, makes me think of something that's a little O/T, but you know, in more years of smoking cigars than I'd like to think I'm old enough to have experienced, I'd never developed the patience to age any cigar for more than a few months ... until this last year when it happened by accident ...
I'd got some Connies early last year, smoked a couple, but somehow, they sorta got hidden in my large humi and I actually forgot about 'em ... when I found 'em in spring of this year, it was a really pleasant surprise ... remakrkably, their appearance was substantially changed ... dunno quite how to describe it, but they LOOKED older ... and oh, my - their smokeability was SO much improved ... I've rationed myself to one per week in order to stretch them and now have some more aging ... plus, I've been putting more and more of every box, bundle or even 5-packs away for prolonged aging ... who says you can't teach an old dog a new trick? ... lol
I know that most of you aren't surprised in the least by this story, other than to maybe be surprised that I could be so damn dumb as to have only so recently discovered the magic effect of long aging on a cigar, despite decades of smoking 'em ...