Fill your boots

We re-read Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy over XMas.

Right at the start Ford and Arthur are in the pub, just before the world gets demolished, and they order 6 pints. He gives the barman a fiver and says "keep the change".

We know it was written in 1979, but how much did a pint cost back then? These days, 30 years later, it costs £3 in most places.

However, a lot of pubs are now doing credit crunch beaters, special deals, and some are doing £1 a pint days and price holds.

Perhaps we're having an economic reversion.