Got a small hole in the pipe below toilet that takes the waste back to (what I believe is called) the stack. Thank God for my brother in law or this might be a costly repair. He is coming to look at and see what needs to be done. Says we can do a temp repair in the meantime. 
Dammit Jim, I am not a plumber.
Yeah thats nasty lifting up an old toilet
Live long and prosper.
“The more they over think the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain
I actually have a drip in my toilet where water is constantly dripping down the stack and attempted to repair when I bought the house but one look under the toilet made me bolt it back down. Nope. I have no water bill here so it doesnt matter.