Great ROI?: Loan Things to People Who Feel Guilty Many Years Later

Ohio man repays borrowed gasoline after 34 years

"An Ohio couple has been repaid for a liquid asset they shared 34 years ago. Violet and Harold Goff of Southington say a man showed up at their home in recently and explained that he'd appeared at their door in 1974 when he was 17 and had run out of gas."

Back in '74 the gas and container were worth $5 but the same container filled with gas now costs around $25. While I said in the headline that it was a great return on investment, it was really only keeping up with inflation. Using an online inflation calculator, $5 in 1974 would be the equivalent of $23.09 in 2007. But hey, it's a feel-good story so let's not over-analyze it.