"The Rules" only offer one way to be safe. There are an infinate number of ways to be safe and still be outside of the rules.
I don't know if your extension cords were safe for what you were doing or not, probably safer than half the wiring found in houses in America.
My issue is with a guy who thinks he can damage my stuff because he doesn't like it. I am certain that he wouldn't have had much luck tearing apart my stuff.
