Okay I was putzing around and there is a check box, for each individual post that is/was unchecked. It does not toggle existing posts when you change the settings>discussion box. New posts seem to be checked automatically.
So now all I need to do go back to my recent posts and check this box.
Thank you for your help:)
Allow people to comment is checked
and close comments was set to 60 days, but is now unchecked
It is new, I can see where some comment were posted a few years ago. But I’m not sure how long ago it changed.
After playing with everything I stumbled on the problem. I had my permalinks set up incorrectly… *facepalm*
