I got the box back safe and sound on Tuesday. What a nice selection of smokes!!! I want to sincerely thank everyone who participated!!! :thumbs:
To those who contributed to the host bag - absolutely not necessary, but very much appreciated!!! You know who you are...
Ok - on to the next phase...
I'm going to put together three fivers to send out to the participants in the pass. I was going to do a random lottery on the cigars in the pass, but I have a problem - there are a few cigars in there that I REALLY want (i.e. - the Cohiba Lancero, which I've been dying to try).
But - I promise each will of the fivers will contain a very nice mix of smokes. I'm not just going to throw in the bags the cigars I don't want - they will contain ones I'm really not looking forward to giving up (in other words, I'm giving till it hurts... Well, up to, but not including, the pain of giving away the Cohiba Lancero, that is).
In addition - I have another surprise. When I attended Avo's 80th birthday party in Milwaukee, I asked Avo to personally sign two of the books that come in the 80th Anny boxes of cigars. Nothing fantastic, but they are an interesting read - and now they've been autographed by Avo himself. I'm going to draw two additional names for those books.
I will select the "winners" of the five prizes from those that participated in the pass. I will put everything together this weekend, and will have my lovely wife draw the names out of a hat. Stay tuned...