So I live, you know, I traveled a lot around a lot, and so I could...there's a long story about how I got to travel, but I could just say, to cut a long story short, I bought a one-way ticket and left.
Right, so ’to cut a long story short’ means to tell only the main or important parts of a story – not all the details. Hmm, that’s a shame Rob because I’m sure you had lots more to tell me.