Regarding ones uniform I can remember when it was;
'One on - one off and one in the laundry'.
and as for bedding;
Every 7 days 'The top sheet goes on the bottom and the bottom sheet goes in the laundry'.
(We were only every issued with a maximum 3 of anything except for detached collars where we were issued with 6. Socks and underwear had to last at least 3 days. The laundry took 7 days to come back).
'We knew how to whinge but we kept it in the NAAFI bar.'