It's definitely the slice of lemon that pushed that dinner over the edge into unhealthiness. Shocking, Melissa.

I'd agree with these guys, getting the rank 1 skills from IV to V is a matter of days, and repays itself within around 100 days of attribute use as primary (or 200 days as a secondary), give or take. Rank 3 can easily be brought up to level IV in days and you'll recoup the benefit within around two months of training with that skill as the primary attribute/four months as a secondary (or a combination of the two).

The cost of taking it that one last bit up to V is a matter for you to weigh up - as Ecaf calculated, it takes about a minimum of 400 days to feel the benefit, thanks to the deminishing return of moving up levels.

(Curiously, I reckoned the benefit of training a rank 3 learning skill to V, as opposed to not training it at all, to be repaid in just 100 days. So if you'd gone straight off the bat as new characters up to level V on both tiers, each attribute, you'd now just be starting to receive the benefit of doing little else in your first 3-4 months of playing, at around 550 days, neglecting the beneficial impact on secondary attributes).

Remember - time is the one thing that can't be bought, stolen or taken back in Eve. But it can be lost, if your clone isn't up to scratch, of course!

Implants, if you're not likely to get podded, are great. Stating the obvious, but upgrading from +3 to +5 instantaneously gives you double the benefits of training from level IV to V for weeks. Just the cost is ISK rather than time. And, of course, it feeds back in, lowering the time said training would take if you performed that too.