>Meanwhile, buy you stuff at garage sales while you can.<
That’s one way to go. I bought my 2nd emergency laptop for cheap from this guy who sells on Craigslist. Went to HIS apartment where he runs a fix it pc biz, paid cash. What was better was his younger hot sister was sunbathing outside..
Almost all of my Craigslist peddling has been good to pleasant but never had a bonus like that and I do some IT break fix for people. My customers are mostly seasoned citizens from church.