USA Flag String Lights - 10 Lights

I like the size of the flag lights, but am disappointed that they are not end-to-end connected, because why buy strings of lights if they cannot be connected. Have just now put them out on the back deck and had to rig up a system to get the 3 strings connected to the timer. I should have checked to see if the strings could be connected, but did not think that that would ever be an issue.