On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:31:19 -0500, micky
wrote:

Have you noticed that extension cords are much harder to use than 30
years ago. It used to be easy to plug something in and pull it out of
the triple end, but now it's hard. How come.

So they don'y accidently fall out and they don't arc and overheat

It's also hard to get medium weight, 14 gauge, extension cords more than
12 feet long. More than 16' impossible. Have to buy heavy duty. Why?

Because long cords have more voltage drop when they are lighter.

Also hard to make your own mediumc weight ext. cords. They sell plugs,
but not real small ones like there used to be, but iirc really hard to
get parts are the triple endings. Also no more of the easy-on plugs or
triple endings, where you lift a lever, push the wire in, and push down
the lever? Why?

Because they are "unsafe"

Also no more of the narrow plugs, where you could get 3 stacked side by
side in less than 2 inches, or the "cube taps" that took plugs like
that. Why?
See above