Photoshop - 8-bit mode

OK... Dunno what I'm missing, but something strange is happening in PS...
I've done quite a bit of work on an image in PS using a couple of layers. I've saved it as a PSD file... I then flattened the image, resized it for the web, applied sharpening, but it won't let me set the mode to be 8-bit, so I can't save it as a JPG...
What totally obvious thing am I missing???
I've done quite a bit of work on an image in PS using a couple of layers. I've saved it as a PSD file... I then flattened the image, resized it for the web, applied sharpening, but it won't let me set the mode to be 8-bit, so I can't save it as a JPG...
What totally obvious thing am I missing???